When a sentence uses a transitive verb to describe an action, it’s necessary for the subject to take a direct object and to act on it: “The woman spurned her suitor last week.” “Her suitor found a ...

It’s time to rethink Bloom’s ladder. Learning is mastery, made observable in the ways students act, adapt, and solve problems ...

WHEN we were children and just beginning to learn English grammar, many of us were taken aback by the strange failure of some verbs to work in certain sentence constructions. For instance, perhaps ...

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Verbs are the action words in English, and they are the heart of every sentence. Understanding how to use different verb forms correctly is essential for clear, powerful, and accurate communication, ...

Abstract: A method exists for detecting ambiguous expressions in requirements specifications using a dictionary focused on transitive verbs and their objects. This dictionary is constructed by ...

Suppose we have the following knowledge base: (Parent Tom Bob) (Parent Pam Bob) (Parent Tom Liz) (Parent Bob Ann) (Parent Bob Pat) (Parent Pat Jim) (Parent Jim Lil) How to implement transitive closure ...

Imagine trying to speak without expressing possibility, permission,or necessity; it would be like painting without colour. That’s were the modal verb step in. These special helping verbs—can, could, ...

The dictionary is gaslighting me. I know I sound crazy, but that’s just proof of gaslighting, right? Let me explain. For years I’ve been telling people that they never have to agonize over whether to ...