Using transitive and intransitive verbs
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Most verbs can be used transitively and intransitively
Many course books present verbs as being either transitive or intransitive. However, for teaching purposes it is better to help students to think of verbs as being used either transitively or intransitively; in fact, there are very few verbs in English which can be used only transitively or intransitively. The implications for teaching are that verbs need to be taught in the different contexts of their possible occurrence, ie the clause, rather than simply learned as "transitive" and "intransitive".
For further information about the reason why most verbs can be both transitive and
intransitive, see 
Using transitive and intransitive
verbs: Verbs which can be used transitively and intransitively.
Introduction
Most verbs can be used transitively and intransitively
