3.4 transitive verbs

If the action or event involves another person or thing which the action affects, relates to, or produces, you put a noun group referring to them after the verb group. This is called the object of the verb or clause. If it is necessary to distinguish it from other objects, it is called the direct object.

Clauses which have a direct object are called transitive clauses, and verbs which occur in transitive clauses are called transitive verbs. Transitive verbs are explained in paragraphs 3.15 to 3.26.

Reflexive verbs and delexical verbs are special kinds of transitive verbs. They are explained in paragraphs 3.27 to 3.32and 3.33 to 3.46.