Saturday, July 21, 2007

Intransitive verb

An intransitive verb is a verb that has only one argument, that is, a verb with valency equal to one. In more familiar terms, an intransitive verb has a subject but does not have an object. For example, in English, the verbs sleep, die, condescend and swim, are intransitive.

A linking verb may or may not be considered a proper intransitive verb.

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