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

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.