3.20 transitive verbs which need an adjunct

With some transitive verbs, you have to give additional information about what is going on by using an adjunct after the object of the verb.

Some verbs typically have a prepositional phrase beginning with a particular preposition after their object.

• The judge based his decision on constitutional rights.
• He had subjected me to the pressure of financial ruin.
• Mr. Claude Cheysoon regards the third world as his top priority.

Here is a list of verbs which always or usually have a particular preposition after their object:

• regard as, view as, --- , mistake for, swap for, --- , dissociate from, prevent from, --- , deprive of, remind of, rid of, rob of, --- , accustom to, attribute to, ascribe to, compare to, condemn to, confine to, consign to, dedicate to, entitle to, liken to, owe to, return to, subject to, subordinate to, --- , acquaint with, associate with, confront with, engrave with, pelt with, ply with, trust with

With the following verbs, there is a choice of preposition:

divide by, divide into, --- , incorporate in, incorporate into, --- , base on, base upon, lavish on, lavish upon, --- , entrust to, entrust with, equate to, equate with, present to, present with, supply to, supply with

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Other verbs are typically followed by an adjunct, but not one containing a particular preposition. The adjunct is often an adjunct of place.

• He placed the baby on the woman's lap.
• I positioned my chair outside the room.
• He never puts anything away.
• He treated his labourers with kindness.

Here is a list of verbs which usually have an adjunct of some kind after their object:

• bring, chuck, convey, cram, direct, drag, escort, fling, hoist, jab, jot, lay, lead, place, point, position, prop, put, rip, send, set, shove, smear, stick, store, throw, thrust, tie, treat