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☆☆☆☆☆A verb that requires one or more objects. For example, 'he bought a car', so 'bought' is the transitive verb with the object 'car'.
A linking verb is a verb that connects or (links) a verb to a noun or an adjective.
example:
I was cold.
was, is has been, smelled, looked, are all linking verbs
Linking verbs do not express action. Instead they connect the subject of the verb to additional information about the subject.
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The key thing about a 'linking verb' is that it is followed by an adjective, not an adverb. This is something that learners of English as a foreign or second language may fine difficult.
Examples
- That sounds/feels/seems fine (not finely).
- That looks/smells splendid (not splendidly).
- That stays/remains accurate (not accurately).
(Some verbs can act as both linking verbs and actions verbs. If used as action verbs they need to take adverbs, for example:
- Jane sounded the bell immediately.
- The doctor felt the lump on my neck carefully.
Note that in thse two example there is an action and an object).
there are 11 methods of paragraph development. They are:
*definition
*comparison & contrast
*details
*illustration
*analogy
*repetition
*cause and effect
*elimination
*question and answer
*enumeration
*combined method
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The subordinate clause is 'before she goes out.'
The definition of "personification" is "a physical entity typifying an abstraction." A synonym is embodiment.
two or more independent clauses connected by a coordinating conjunction.
The seeds will be digested.
A paragraph that introduces a cause and then lists effects of the cause.
I gave the cake to him.
Cake is the direct object.
Him is the indirect object, because the verb indirectly acts on that word.
Division
A number that can be expressed as the ratio of two integers is called a rational number. It is in the form a/b.
There isn't a difference between a subordinate clause and a subordinate clause.
The word "transitive" is not a verb, it's an adjective. A transitive verb is an action verb that has a direct object.
It is a phrase and it is an idiom.
