transitive verb

topic posted Thu, June 24, 2004 - 9:34 PM by  Unsubscribed
Can anyone explain a transitive verb in simple english?
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    Re: transitive verb

    Fri, September 17, 2004 - 8:40 PM
    Transitive verbs are action verbs like "dropped," but they require a direct object:
    for example, "Billy dropped the baby.'
    In this sentence "the baby" is the object and it is directly linked to the action verb, "dropped."

    Now, to balance this out--there is such things as "Intransitive verbs," and as you might guess--these are also action verbs, but these verbs don't require a direct object:
    for example, "Who called?" Obsiously, we don't know who did the calling; therefore it is intransitive.
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