Assertion: verb's object | /r/HasProperty | direct
Facets:
value: according to certain linguistics considerations
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: A transitive lexical verb expresses action and needs a direct object to receive that action, notes Dictionary.com, which gives the sentence “Alice sees the candle” as an example.
text: According to certain linguistics considerations, these objects may be called direct and indirect, or primary and secondary.
text: A. A transitive verb is one that is followed by a direct object.
text: A transitive verb expresses action, and needs a direct object to receive that action.
text: A transitive verb can have a direct object.
text: A transitive verb is a verb that can take a direct object .
text: For example: Because a preposition in a phrasal verb must always form a prepositional phrase, the phrasal verb must be transitive because it requires a direct object.
text: A transitive verb requires a direct object, while an intransitive verb does not.
text: A transitive verb must have a direct object, or something to receive the action of the verb.
text: A transitive verb takes a direct object: Somebody killed the President.
text: the verb has a subject and a direct object.
text: (valency = 2, divalent): the verb has a subject and a direct object.
text: the verb has a subject, a direct object, and an indirect object.
text: While they don't perform any action, notice that they're typically followed by a direct object.
text: This verb is always followed by a noun that’s receiving the action, called the direct object.
text: When an action verb has no direct object, it’s called an intransitive verb.
text: Verbs often take direct objects, which receive the action of the verb carried out by the subject.
text: (Note how the infix disappears when the verb is followed by a direct object, even if it is not the object indicated by the concord.)
text: This verb may or may not require a direct object.
text: It's a good idea to write "sthg/sby" as appropriate in your vocabulary book when you learn a new phrasal verb, like this: This tells you if the verb needs a direct object (and where to place it).
text: This reminds you that the verb needs a direct object (and where to place it).
text: It is a good idea to write "something/somebody" in your vocabulary book when you learn a new prepositional verb, like this:This reminds you that the verb needs a direct object (and where to place it).
text: sthg/sby run out of something This reminds you that the verb needs a direct object (and where to place it).
text: It is a good idea to write "something/somebody" in your vocabulary book when you learn a new phrasal-prepositional verb, like this:This reminds you that the verb needs a direct object (and where to place it).
text: All that means is the verb has a direct object.
text: In the following sentences, verbs are used without a direct object: