Difference between revisions of "Transitive (definition)"

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Transitive verbs take exactly one subject [Argument (definition)|argument]] and one object. Typical transitive verbs include hit, kiss, devour.

Crystal, David (1999) The Penguin Dictionary of Language. London: Penguin.
Crystal, David. (1997) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. Oxford, UK: Blackwell.

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-Transitivity is used to refer to the number of dependent clauses that a verb can take on. In the case of transitive that number would be one (a direct object).
+Transitive [[Verb (definition)|verbs]] take exactly one [[Subject (definition)|subject]] [Argument (definition)|argument]] and one [[Direct Object (definition)|object]]. Typical transitive verbs include ''hit'', ''kiss'', ''devour''.
-==References==
+==See Also==
+*[[Intransitive (definition)]]
-Crystal, David, and David Crystal. The Penguin Dictionary of Language. London: Penguin, 1999.
+==External Links==
+*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitive_verb
-Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1997.
+==References==
+*Crystal, David (1999) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Language.'' London: Penguin.
+*Crystal, David. (1997) ''A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics.''  Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
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