Using transitive and intransitive verbs
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Using ergative verbs | page 6 of 10 |
Ergative verbs related to increasing and decreasing 
Some ergative verbs can be classified under the area of increasing and decreasing:
Crime has increased tremendously. (Bank of English)
"Even though we have this big expansion programme in the secondary sector, and we are going to have this big expansion in the tertiary sector, the relative size of the education sector as compared to the whole Government budget has actually shrunk,'' Mr Anthony Ha Man-ho, head of the Education Action Group, said. (SCMP 7/9/92)
The following verbs are related to increasing and decreasing:
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Introduction
Ergative verbs related to increasing and decreasing
