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• English is called a nominative-accusative language because both transitive and intransitive verbs take subjects. Behind Bars | ATTACKERMAN
• The verb garadjimbat (with transitive suffix - im and continuative aspect - bat) is from English scratch (and him and about) but means ` to dig. ' VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VIII No 4
• Thus, transitive verbs in idiomatic expressions frequently will not passivize (the cowboy kicked the bucket, but not * the bucket was kicked by the cowboy). VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol III No 4
• Whatever the fate of sense-datum theories might be as general theories of exteroception, their appeal as a model for understanding pains and other intransitive bodily sensations is very strong. Pain
• The past participle of a transitive verb is always passive except in such forms as _have chosen, had chosen_. Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition
• My final thoughts on these backformations is that there is an even more special subclass of them: those whose source verb is transitive.
• By applying the set of arc, the key role the transitive closure played in contractual relationship model was proved, and the recursive and reflective roles in virtual enterprise system were validated.
• It should be a ditransitive verb, meaning that it takes two objects, one in the accusative and one in the genitive. Archive 2008-03-01
• Earlier forerunners rely entirely on intransitive or quasi-transitive verbs, with the object preceded by a preposition.
• When the perfect participle of an _intransitive_ verb is joined to the neuter verb _to be_, the combination is not a passive verb, but a _neuter_ verb in a _passive form_; as, "He _is gone_; English Grammar in Familiar Lectures