Difference between revisions of "Transitive (definition)"

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this is a term used to refer to the number of dependent clauses that a verb can take on. In this case of transitive that number would be one (a direct object).  
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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).  
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 19:20, 11 November 2009

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).

References

Crystal, David, and David Crystal. The Penguin Dictionary of Language. London: Penguin, 1999.

Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1997.