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"The cat is sat." Grammatically Wrong or Right?
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2019 9:57 am
by SaeedKhan
Hello,
Is the following sentence right or wrong grammatically?
"The cat is sat."
Re: "The cat is sat." Grammatically Wrong or Right?
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2019 2:10 pm
by jonathanrace
Sat tends to take an object. (as it is an intransitive verb)
Here we would usually say:-
"The cat is seated"
or
"The cat is sitting"
Re: "The cat is sat." Grammatically Wrong or Right?
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2019 10:36 am
by SaeedKhan
Thank you, Jonathanrace.
Re: "The cat is sat." Grammatically Wrong or Right?
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2019 10:43 am
by jonathanrace
Sorry I've explained this somewhat poorly.
1. "sit" is usually intransitive but intransitive verbs don't take an object.
2. That being said, "sit" does usually need an adverb or preposition.
Hope that helps :)