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CHAPTER IV.

USES, FORMS, AND INFLECTIONS
OF THE VERBS.
55 Transitive and Intransitive Verbs.
WHEN you hear a person say "I struck,"
you are led to ask "struck whom?" for the action
passes across, as it were, from the Verb to the Object
of the Verb. In "I walk," the action is confined
to the walker, and you are not led to ask " walk
whom or what? "
Hence " strike" is called a Transitive Verb
(trans, across; itive, passing): " walk" is called an
Intransitive Verb.
The following Definitions are usually given: —
I. Transitive Verbs are those that denote an action
not confined to the agent, but affecting something
else.
II. Intransitive Verbs are those that denote (1)
"being" or (2) " becoming," or (3) some action confined to the agent, and not affecting anything else.
56 Most Transitive Verbs can take a Noun-Object
or Pronoun-Object after them, e.g. "I love, hate,