If any wordniker locates a substantial alpha list of transitive verbs on the Web, please inform me. Astoundingly, my own search for such a list online produced zero results. Since transitive verbs constitute the "action verbs" of our speech and writing, and since textbooks and style books on writing encourage us to use them, I decided that at least ONE adequate list should exist (and be findable) on the Internet. ![]() My list's purpose is not to isolate those verbs which are only transitive but rather to populate a list of as many A - Z English transitives regardless of shared use as intransitive verbs or as other parts of speech. So, thanks, Bilby.īut his main point that some verbs (quite a few, in fact) can be used both transitively and intransitively I've been aware of since I started my list. Wordnik user "bilby" remarks that some verbs on my list are "not necessarily transitive." He cites "abound" and "barge." Actually, he has identified two words that are not transitive at all and do not belong on my list: 'abound' and 'barge,' As verbs, they are ONLY intransitive. ![]() ![]() Librisx commented on the list transitive-verbs-only
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