Ant_222  +  532211 Wed, 25 Jun 08 08:47 AM Hello all I am feeling I have to go back to this "to do smth. away" phrases and ask one more question. The verb "To type" is transitive, but I couldn't find a lot of transitive uses of "to type away". Is it non-transitive? Should use "at" to connect a complement: "I am typing away at my new article"? What about "cooking away"? Ant_222 Joined on Sun, May 21 2006 Podolsk, Russia Contributing Member 1,717 Articles, Verbs

	Marius Hancu  +  532250 Wed, 25 Jun 08 11:53 AM  606 on "typing away at" [this is OK in transitive http://books.google.com/books?q=%22typing+away+at%22&btnG=Search+Books --  18 on "cooking away at" [this is more rare in transitive  The Lacquered Box: A Novel - Page 21 by Helen Shacklady, Eleanor Hill - Fiction - 2003 - 176 pages   Here's Kate safely back, Liz and me cooking away at a delicious supper, and you're still in a snit. Tell me," she waved a wooden spoon at him, ... Marius Hancu Joined on Wed, Apr 26 2006 Veteran Member 11,673

	Ant_222  +  532281 Wed, 25 Jun 08 12:45 PM Hello, Marius. Your examles for "typing away at" are mosly (but not all) ) neither transitive not intransitive because they don't have a complement. "Typing away at a computer" and "typing away at high speed" are different from "typing away at a new article". And doesn't "at" imply intransitivity? You said "OK in transitive" but provided examples with "at"... I mean, is it incorrect to say: "I am typing away my new article". Do I have to add "at"? Anton Ant_222 Articles

	Marius Hancu  +  532282 Wed, 25 Jun 08 12:48 PM  Give me a break, find proper ones in that list:  Jane Goodall: The Woman who Redefined Man - Page 507 by Dale Peterson - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 740 pages   Jane spent the next week in a tent at Ndutu camp, typing away at the dog book from 6:30 in the morning to 6:30 in the evening until it was done. ... ----------   Breathing for a Living: A Memoir by Laura Rothenberg - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 237 pages Page 19   ... typing away at my Royce application and I can't. I don't feel like it. The Royce fellowship is a program at Brown that gives grants to students who are ...   Marius Hancu

	Ant_222  +  532322 Wed, 25 Jun 08 01:56 PM No problem: It just means that you're fully concentrated on typing: http://www.englishforums.com/English/TypeAway/zlvqq/post.htm Ant_222

	optilang  +  532325 Wed, 25 Jun 08 02:01 PM away is used after many verbs, and just means that you were getting on/doing a particular action with the focus being 100% on the action. There I was, merrily singing away .. He was talking away but I couldn't understand one word. I was pumping away but no water came through.   optilang Joined on Tue, May 13 2008 Poland Senior Member 2,521 OptiNative British English Speaker Wherever I may roam, I'm still a Londoner. Verbs