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The vocabulary of e-English doesn't bust grammar mold
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Chicago Tribune - Chicago, Ill.
Author: Nathan Bierma, Special to the Tribune
Date: Mar 1, 2006
Start Page: 2
Section: Tempo
Text Word Count: 745
Abstract (Document Summary)

Making transitive verbs out of intransitive verbs: Most English verbs are transitive, meaning they use a direct object: "I hit him." Intransitive verbs don't: "She thrived." In e-English, [Angela P. Cheater] says, intransitive verbs can become transitive, as in "evolve the Web," "migrate the model," "mutate the system."

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