# When an Intransitive Verb is used in
a causative sense it becomes Transitive.
The Horse walks.
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He walks the horse.
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The girl ran down the
street.
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The
girl ran the needle into her finger (ran a
needle=caused a needle to run).
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Birds
fly.
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The
boy fly their kites (i.e., cause their kites to
fly).
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# A few-verbs in common use are
distinguished as Transitive or Intransitive by their spelling, the Transitive
being causative forms of the corresponding intransitive verbs.
Many trees fall
in the monsoon.
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Woodmen fell
trees.(Fell=cause to fall).
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Lie still.
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Lay the basket there (Lay=cause to lie).
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Rise early with the lark.
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Rise your hands (Rise=cause to rise).
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Sit there.
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Set the lamp in the table.(Set=cause to
sit).
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# Some Intransitive verbs may become
Transitive by having a Preposition added to them; as,
* All friends laughed at
(=derided) him.
* He will soon run through
(=consume) his furfure.
* Please look into
(=investigate) the matter carefully.
* We talked about
(=discussed) the affair several times.
* I wish for (=desire)
nothing more.
* The police Inspector asked for
(=demand) his name.
Sometimes the preposition is prefixed
to the verb; as,
* Shivaji overcame the
enemy.
* He bravely withstood
the attack.
* The river overflows its
banks.
# Intransitive verb sometimes take after them an object akin or similar in meaning to the verb. Such an Object is called the Cognate Object or Cognate Accusative.(Latin Cognatus,akin).
# Intransitive verb sometimes take after them an object akin or similar in meaning to the verb. Such an Object is called the Cognate Object or Cognate Accusative.(Latin Cognatus,akin).
* I have fought
a good fight.
* He laughed a hearty
laugh.
* He dreamt a strange
dream.
* He sleeps the sleep
of the just.
* Let me die the death
of the righteous.
* He sighed a deep sigh.
* He sang a sweet song.
* He ran a race.
* Aurangzeb lived the life
of an ascetic.
The noun used as a Cognate Object is in
the Accusative Case.
The following are examples of partially
Cognate Object:-
* He ran a great risk
(=he ran a course of great risk).
* The children shouted applause
(=the children shouted a shout of applause).
#
A noun used adverbially to modify a verb, An adjective, or an adverb denoting
time,placedistance,weight,value etc., is called an adverbial Object or
adverbial Accusative, and is said to be in the Accusative Case adverbially; as,
* He held the post ten years.
* I can’t wait a moment
longer.
* He went home.
* He swam a mile.
* He weighs seven stone.
* The watch cost 500 takas.
# There are a few Transitive
verbs which are sometimes used as Intransitive verbs.
He
broke the glass.
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The
glass broke.
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He
burnt his figure.
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He
burnt with shame.
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Stop him from going.
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We
shall stop here a few days.
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Open all the windows.
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The
show opens at six o’clock.
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