6. English Grammar Lesson. Transitive Verbs and Direct Objects

Yossarian the Grammarian gives you the skinny on transitive verbs. Ignore his botched attempt to quote Yoda, whom he should have quoted as saying, "The board hit I," not "The board is hit by me." English grammar

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[yuriamancio]

so, the soup is the object of the verb taste, then what is the indirect object? soup or lousy??

thanks

[mrthoth]

@yuriamancio Thanks for your question! Some sentences have no direct objects. Some sentences have no indirect objects. The sentence in the video is "The soup tastes lousy." There is no direct object in the sentence. "Soup" is the subject, and "lousy" is something called a subjective complement. You can learn about this kind of sentence in the next video, "Copulative Verbs and Subjective Complements."

[cGZynex]

@mrthoth Can I ask why you say tastes is an intransitive verb? Isn't it a linking verb because it modifies soup and lousy which are the same thing, which would make it a linking verb correct?

[mrthoth]

@cGZynex Linking verbs (or copulative verbs) are a subset of intransitive verbs. (When you look up a copulative verb in the dictionary, the dictionary calls it intransitive, as I do here.)

[wwwmimicom]

You so good i need complete lesson how can i get it

[sacarainn14]

Clarifications: (correct me if I'm wrong)

1. One of the characteristics of a TRANSITIVE VERB is that it is an ACTION VERB.

Thus, your example:

I have a cold.

I am Wilson.

The soup tastes lousy === are not considered transitive verbs.

Instead:

I am Wilson ==> AM is a copula/copular Verb.

The soup tastes lousy. ===> TASTES is a Perception Copula (or we commonly know linking verbs)

2. Copulas links nonverbal predicates.

[Cienstin]

Instead of explaining the framework and logic behind transitivity and intransitivity, this instructor develves into a series of convoluted questions posed in the passive that reveals little on the framework of verb phrases and that barely explains the reason why some verb phrases require an object and why some do not.

For thoses interested in this topic of transitivity read 'Transformational Grammar' by Andrew Radford.

[Kounelli33]

This teacher is now a taxi driver in Rochester.

[moksshhh]

This method is awesome!!!

I tried it here: writingcentre.uottawa.ca/hyper­grammar/rvtrintr.html

and i got all answers correct !!!

mrthoth you rock!!!

[cGZynex]

@adamthelover10 wrong. he confuses the simple minded.

[awesomeZvidos]

can a transive be in a prepositional phrase?

[LoverQT101]

thanks this really helped me with my homework because i was absent and then i found this video an im glad you explained this lesson instead of my teacher. she just makes everything so confusing for me haha and some other people