Sentence structure/ (in)transitive verb

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Pb2003

#237591 Mon, 19 Jun 06 06:30 AM

In the following sentences :

1) She is enormous rich. What is "enormous rich" : complement, adverbial or object ?

2) The man wrote a book. What is "a book" , object or complement ?

3) They liked each other. What is "each other", complement or object ?

4) He gave me the letter. Is "gave" a transitive or intransitive verb ? And is "me" indirect object and "the letter" direct object ?

5) That flower smells good. Is "smells" an intransitive verb ?

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Philip

#237760 Mon, 19 Jun 06 04:24 PM

Pb2003 wrote:

In the following sentences :

1) She is enormous rich. What is "enormous rich" : complement, adverbial or object ?complement

2) The man wrote a book. What is "a book" , object or complement ?(direct) object

3) They liked each other. What is "each other", complement or object ?(reflexive/reciprocal) object

4) He gave me the letter. Is "gave" a transitive or intransitive verb ?Transitive And is "me" indirect object and "the letter" direct object ?Correct

5) That flower smells good. Is "smells" an intransitive verb ?Yes

Many verbs can be used both ways. If there is an object, it is transitive.

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Marius Hancu

#237768 Mon, 19 Jun 06 04:33 PM

She is enormously rich.

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Cool Breeze

#237864 Mon, 19 Jun 06 08:38 PM

Pb2003 wrote:
In the following sentences :

1) She is enormous rich. What is "enormous rich" : complement, adverbial or object ?
enormously = adverb
rich = adjective

2) The man wrote a book. What is "a book" , object or complement ?
Object.

3) They liked each other. What is "each other", complement or object ?
Object.

4) He gave me the letter. Is "gave" a transitive or intransitive verb ? And is "me" indirect object and "the letter" direct object ?
Yes to all your questions.

5) That flower smells good. Is "smells" an intransitive verb ?
In this sentence, yes.

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Philip

#237941 Tue, 20 Jun 06 02:12 AM

Marius Hancu wrote:
She is enormously rich.

Good catch, Hancu. It seems to me, however, that I've seen this somewhat stuffy-sounding use of enormous as an adverb in, perhaps, Dickens. Defintely in the substandard American cowboy setting: "I'm powerful hungry". Am I imagining an 18th-century use, or can someone find a source which would show its actualy usage?

Philip

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Grammar Geek

#237950 Tue, 20 Jun 06 02:33 AM

Yes, Philip, it sounds like Jane Austen, doesn't it? I think we can agree that modern standard usuage would be enormously.

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Philip

#238194 Tue, 20 Jun 06 03:50 PM

Grammar Geek wrote:
Yes, Philip, it sounds like Jane Austen, doesn't it? I think we can agree that modern standard usuage would be enormously.

Just for fun, I Googled "exceeding glad" and got more than 57,000 hits. I have no idea how many were duplicates, but two stood out: Jonah 4:6 and Pepys' Diary, neither of which is any ways near "modern".

Philip

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