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 === transitive and intransitive verbs ===
-* transitive verbs act upon a direct object
+* indicates if an action (verb) is expressed with or without a direct object
-** ex. "The soccer player kicked the ball"
+** '''transitive''' verbs or transitive verb forms act upon a direct object:
-* intransitive verbs do not have a direct object
+*** ex. "The soccer player kicked the ball hard"
-** ex. "The soccer player played hard" (hard = an adverb that describes the verb "played" and is not an object)
+** '''intransitive''' verbs or intransitive verb forms do not have a direct object
-<< to complete / expand
+*** ex. "The soccer player played hard" (a direct object is not required for the sentence to make sense
+*** intransitive verbs cannot be used in the passive voice
+**** ex., "The dog barked" is a complete sentence and "barked" does not require a direct object
+**** however, we cannot say, "the dog was barked"
+* why does transitive/intransitive verb usage matter?
+** a common error is to attach a preposition to transitive verbs
+*** since they have direct objects, a transitive verb cannot be separated from its object, ex.:
+**** incorrect: "That professor teaches about Biology"
+**** correct: "That professor teaches Biology" (the direct object is not separated from the verb)
+**** other incorrect examples:
+***** "She told about her trip."  v. "She told us about her trip."
+***** "His dad bought
 === infinitives ===