There is an 'intransitive' element in us, a habit of doing things that have significance. From Wordnik.com. [Clark Lectures, Trinity College, Cambridge Grace, Necessity and Imagination: Catholic Philosophy and the Twentieth Century Artist Lecture 2: David Jones: Material Words] Reference
An "intransitive" verb, of course, is one that acts on its own, without an object. From Wordnik.com. [CJR] Reference
The verb "lie" (prone or at rest) is intransitive, meaning, as you well know it, cannot have direct objects. From Wordnik.com. [BBspot] Reference
Some transitive verbs have English meanings which do not differ in form from the "intransitive" English verbs to which they are related. From Wordnik.com. [A Complete Grammar of Esperanto] Reference
The intransitive form means to chill yourself out. From Wordnik.com. [To Peace or not to Peace] Reference
Verbs are of two kinds, transitive and intransitive. From Wordnik.com. [English Grammar in Familiar Lectures] Reference
Conjugations are partly transitive, partly intransitive. From Wordnik.com. [New Latin Grammar] Reference
How may an intransitive verb sometimes be made transitive?. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
Section 4.3 of whether synchronic unity can be intransitive. From Wordnik.com. [The Unity of Consciousness] Reference
Are intransitive and neuter verbs ever used as transitive?. From Wordnik.com. [English Grammar in Familiar Lectures] Reference
Is he trying to turn ‘asking for help’ into an intransitive?. From Wordnik.com. [Let them pray] Reference
Does a transitive or does an intransitive verb have both voices?. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Grammar and Composition] Reference
Transitive and intransitive verbs, confusion of; explanation of. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Grammar and Composition] Reference
Keep a list of all intransitive verbs which are used with the dative. From Wordnik.com. [Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader] Reference
All intransitive verbs in Spanish are conjugated with the auxiliary verb. From Wordnik.com. [Pitman's Commercial Spanish Grammar (2nd ed.)] Reference
By what sign can you distinguish a transitive from an intransitive verb?. From Wordnik.com. [English Grammar in Familiar Lectures] Reference
Some verbs can be intransitive in one sentence and transitive in another. From Wordnik.com. [intransitive verb] Reference
An intransitive verb is sometimes made transitive by the aid of a preposition. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
Men have tried to turn "revolutionise" from a transitive to an intransitive verb. From Wordnik.com. [Orthodoxy] Reference
Boiled is intransitive in My blood boiled but transitive in I boiled some water. From Wordnik.com. [intransitive verb] Reference
The first of each pair of the above verbs is transitive, and the second is intransitive. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Grammar and Composition] Reference
If the intransitive verb takes a dative in the active, this dative is kept in the passive. From Wordnik.com. [Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader] Reference
But if you read it closely, you'll see I'm using the intransitive plural subjunctive tense. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 1, 2001] Reference
For the intransitive form we get to make war, to carry on hostilities, to contend and strive. From Wordnik.com. [To Peace or not to Peace] Reference
Almost any active intransitive verb, and sometimes even neuter verbs, are used as transitive. From Wordnik.com. [English Grammar in Familiar Lectures] Reference
Relatedly, the self-torturer's preferences over the available setting options are intransitive. From Wordnik.com. [Dynamic Choice] Reference
Denominatives of the First Conjugation are mostly transitive; those of the Second exclusively intransitive. From Wordnik.com. [New Latin Grammar] Reference
But when the second pronoun stands for the indirect object, the verb is only intransitive pronominal, as. From Wordnik.com. [Pitman's Commercial Spanish Grammar (2nd ed.)] Reference
The distinctions for animate and inanimate objects, and for transitive and intransitive, are illustrated by the following. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan] Reference
Likewise, one should distinguish the question of whether diachronic unity can be intransitive from the question discussed in. From Wordnik.com. [The Unity of Consciousness] Reference
Calvin properly objects against the translation of the Vulgate as being intransitive, whereas H+Q+R+H+ (hakreh) is transitive. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2] Reference
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