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<\/p>\nThere are transitive and intransitive verbs depending on whether one should use an object after them to communicate a complete idea. When used in a sentence, transitive verbs make sense merely when they have an object after them. Intransitive verbs, however, can be used on their own and be meaningful. There are also verbs that can be used either way.<\/p>\n
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People associate the very word \u201ctransitive\u201d with \u201ctransit\u201d, which makes one think of some movement and action. Still, this association often leads to confusion, because transitive and intransitive verbs have nothing to do with action or non-action. It is better and more logical to connect the meaning of the word \u201ctransitive\u201d to the word \u201ctransfer\u201d – a transitive verb transfers its action to some object, which could be a person or a thing. So, transitive verbs actually affect someone\/something else.<\/p>\n
With this connection in mind, it should be easier for you to differentiate between them and understand the logic behind the usage of transitive and intransitive verbs in English.<\/p>\n
Transitive verbs are not those that can just have an object after them \u2013 they actually demand an object and bear no completed or logical meaning in a sentence without the object. If you read a sentence with a transitive verb that has no object, it will look incomplete<\/a>.<\/p>\n For example: Please give soup to me. <\/em><\/p>\n The verb \u201cgive\u201d is transitive and \u201csoup\u201d is an object \u2013 it is something that I ask you to give. If you imagine there is no object in this sentence, it would hardly make any sense.<\/p>\n For example: Please give.<\/em><\/p>\n Give what? Give who? The very verb \u201cgive\u201d naturally demands some object after it.<\/p>\n Take a look at some more examples of how transitive verbs are used with objects:<\/p>\n The men carry bottles of water from the car.<\/em><\/p>\n Jane brought her toys.<\/em><\/p>\n Could you phone me after work?<\/em><\/p>\n My colleague passed a message to me.<\/em><\/p>\n Verbs in each of these sentences have objects after them as they complete the actions conveyed by verbs. If you remove objects, the sentences will make no sense to the readers. For example: Jane brought. Brought what?<\/p>\n Intransitive verbs oppose to transitive in their function and usage. They do not require objects after them to communicate an idea across.<\/p>\n For example:<\/p>\nHow to Differentiate Intransitive Verbs?<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n