Is the verb transitive here?
"He washed his hair."
"He washed his hair."
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Transitive or not?
12HR is an imposter (his identification is false).
BUT He does have a point there, M56. "Pseudo-transitive"? I'm surprised you're not calling it "notional intransitive"!
I suppose the "pseudo" part is because his hair is part of himself..? In grammar/syntax you don't care about that. You just care about structure. If you have an object, the verb is transitive.
"In grammar/syntax you don't care about that. You just care about structure. If you have an object, the verb is transitive."
Which is why in "this shirt irons well," "irons" is active voice and "shirt" is the subject.
It is notional reflexive, because he performs the action on himself.
Would you like a grammar lesson from me?
Why stop there?
Actually, it's notional fifth declension semi-irregular reflexive-deponent.
"It is notional reflexive, because he performs the action on himself.
Would you like a grammar lesson from me?" If that was addressed to me, I actually would not. I'd settle for your references, because google turned up empty handed.
"Which is why in "this shirt irons well," "irons" is active voice and "shirt" is the subject."
Middle voice or maybe mediopassive, actually, according to this: http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003300.html and this: http://www.princeton.edu/~adele/papers/2000.Patient-Args.DOC
I'm afraid I'll have to differ with you on this, Lazar. What I'd say is not that he performs the action on himself but on his hair which of course is still part of himself.
I agree with Calliope. In grammar/syntax it doesn't matter whether the object is part of the subject or vice versa. For example, "Mankind dislikes Hitler." Nothing special here: "mankind" is the subject, "Hitler" the object, Hitler was a member of the human race but this doesn't matter.
You know what?
Taking a leaf out of the World War One history books, I'm calling a truce on this one for now. Regardless of our differences, I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas, a Happy Hannukah and all the best in the New Year. 12WHATEVER |