Transitive Verbs
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nanuman
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Transitive Verbs
Are there any verbs which absolutely require an object for the sentence to be complete, or can every verb be construed to be intransitive?
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Alan
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Re: Transitive Verbs
No, there are a number of common verbs that cannot be used without an explicit object, e.g. 'put'.