Talk:Intransitive verb

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[edit] Countering Systemic Bias

This page is written entirely based on English. A lot of things could and should be said about intransitive verbs in many other languages. For example:

See Countering Systemic Bias. --Pablo D. Flores 22:28, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] "run"

"Run" isn't a very good example. in the past it probably was, but you can "run a program," in which the program is the direct object (not sure about "run the bases," since it's an idiom, probably still intransitive in the sense of "run [around] the bases."). I'm removing it. — ዮም | (Yom) | Talk • contribs • Ethiopia 01:13, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

"To be" is a copular verb and thus probably not a good example either. The problem is that in English many verbs are ambitransitive (both trans and intrans). "Run" is intransitive in most cases, and it can also be correctly described as intransitive in a non-exclusive way. Moreover, it's an interesting example because it's a volitional intransitive verb (unlike "sleep" and "die"). This distinction is significant, if maybe not in English (see Active-stative language). What about "swim"? —Pablo D. Flores (Talk) 17:38, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, I knew that it being copular would be a problem, but I couldn't think of an intransitive verb that never is not intransitive at the moment, and I didn't want to interrupt the flow of the sentence by reducing the examples. Swim is a good one, though. Good idea. I'll replace to be with that now. — ዮም | (Yom) | Talk • contribs • Ethiopia 18:33, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
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