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Excerpt from Correct English in the School: Twelve Golden Helps
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs - How to Distinguish Them.
Pupil. - I still have some difficulty with transitive verbs. Now, of course I understand such constructions as, John struck James that is, I know that struck is transitive, because it has a direct object to receive its action; James being the object - the receiver of the action.
Teacher. - That is right. Now, can you not formulate a simple rule for transitive verbs?
Pupil. - A transitive verb is a verb that has an object to receive its action. I suppose, then, that transitive verbs are always followed by object nouns; that is, nouns in the objective case that receive the action of the verb.
Teacher. - No; that is not so. A better rule is as follows: A transitive verb is a verb that has a receiver for its action.
Pupil. - Why is that wording of the rule better than mine!
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