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0 pointsdefrost3y ago0 comments

They're referring to the example here:

https://www.stylemanual.gov.au/blog/transitive-and-intransit...

'buy' is the action, 'director' is the subject, 'lunch' is the object.

is the typical transitive verb template, a transitive verb connects a subject and object (whereas other verbs don't require an object).

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cycomanic3y ago· 1 in thread

I still don't see what the issue is? Is the previous poster suggesting that transitive and intransitive verbs don't exist?

defrostOP3y ago

I don't see the issue the previous poster had either.

I went to the source to find the context and linked it here for others, but it hasn't (for mysellf at least) shed any light on what they were objecting to.

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