Using transitive and intransitive verbs

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A list of verbs whose meaning doesn't change

The following verbs have the same meaning, regardless of whether they are followed by an object or not :

    borrow    change    clean    cook
    draw    drink    drive    dust
    eat    film    help    iron
    learn    lend    marry    paint
    park    point    read    ride
    save    sing    smoke    spend
    steal    study    type    wash
    wave    write

04conten.gif (549 bytes) Introduction
04conten.gif (549 bytes) Reasons why verbs can be both transitive and intransitive
square.gif (58 bytes) A list of verbs whose meaning doesn't change
04conten.gif (549 bytes) A list of verbs whose meaning changes
04conten.gif (549 bytes) A list of phrasal verbs whose meaning changes
04conten.gif (549 bytes) Transitive or intransitive: a special case