Linking/Transitive/Intransitive Verbs
Linking/Transitive/Intransitive Verbs
Unknown User
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#0Linking/Transitive/Intransitive Verbs
Posted: 2/7/04 at 6:46pm
Anyone here an English major who feels like helping a gal out with her close reading of Ecclesiastes? I need a little enlightenment about lining verbs, transitive verbs and intransitive verbs and Strunk and White have failed me.
Give me a PM if you're feeling charitable....
DofB5
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#1re: Linking/Transitive/Intransitive Verbs
Posted: 2/7/04 at 6:54pm
Sorry VC. I can't help or I would.
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#2re: re: Linking/Transitive/Intransitive Verbs
Posted: 2/7/04 at 7:12pmD, if you can make a really good martini (make that a bevy of good martinis), I think you can in fact help me out.
DofB5
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/12/03
#3re: re: re: Linking/Transitive/Intransitive Verbs
Posted: 2/7/04 at 7:18pm
Sorry that score as well--I don't drink. The only thing I know to make is sangria.
1 bottle sangria
1 cup sugar
1 carton 5 Alive
1 small can pineapple juice
Put all in a pitcher and stir.
I haven't made it in YEARS much less drank it but it's the best I can do.
I don't even know why I know how to make it. 
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Updated On: 2/7/04 at 07:18 PM
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#4re: re: re: re: Linking/Transitive/Intransitive Verbs
Posted: 2/7/04 at 7:44pm
Oh, darling, I make Sangria from scratch. When I get the chance, I'll PM you my recipe (from a friend who lived in Andalucia).
Does this mean that I'm a minor contributing to the delinquency of a non-minor?
DofB5
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/12/03
#5re: re: re: re: re: Linking/Transitive/Intransitive Verbs
Posted: 2/7/04 at 8:49pm
Hic A minor what? hic
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#6re: re: re: re: re: re: Linking/Transitive/Intransitive Verbs
Posted: 2/7/04 at 9:37pmShh.... I'm a minor, but keep it under your hat.
DofB5
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/12/03
#7re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Linking/Transitive/Intransitive Verbs
Posted: 2/7/04 at 9:55pm
Then you should know less than I about martini's!
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#8re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Linking/Transitive/Intransitive Verbs
Posted: 2/7/04 at 9:56pmYes, funny how that works out, isn't it?
Dollypop
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Posted: 2/8/04 at 1:34pm
Strunk and White is a shame. All copies of their book should be burned.
If you need help with your verbs, consult Warriner's. As an English teacher, I revere it almost as much as the Bible.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
Unknown User
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Posted: 2/8/04 at 4:59pm
Thanks, Dolly.
As it turns out, when I actually thought about it, it made sense. Linking or Being verbs relate to the verb "to be." Transitive verbs need a compliment. Intransitive verbs stand on their own.
The things we skirted in AP English....
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