Talk:Monotransitive verb

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[edit] "buy" verb

I'm not an english expert or anything (and don't know a whole lot about monotransitive verbs), but I was thinking that using the verb "to buy" isn't a very good example because it can sometimes also have an indirect object:

I bought him a cow.

subject: I

indirect object: him

direct object: cow

it can also be reflexive but its redundant:

I bought myself a cow. (same as "I bought a cow," but still.)

Since I don't really know what I'm talking about I didn't edit it and also its ok in the example since it is monotransitive but I just thought it would be a better example with a verb that is only monotransitive, like or "eat" or something. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.19.25.253 (talk) 07:01, 14 May 2007 (UTC).