Question
1. You can grow several centimeters in a short time.
2. You can grow by several centimeters in a short time.
(Are both OK? Is 'grow' a transitive verb or an intransitive verb? Is 'by' missing after 'grow' in #1?)
2. You can grow by several centimeters in a short time.
(Are both OK? Is 'grow' a transitive verb or an intransitive verb? Is 'by' missing after 'grow' in #1?)
Answers
GuruBlue
Grow is a transitive active verb.
The first sentence is the better one.
The first sentence is the better one.
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2. You've grown since the last time I saw you!
(Isn't 'grown' used as an intransitive verb here? the past participle of 'grow')
(Isn't 'grown' used as an intransitive verb here? the past participle of 'grow')
GuruBlue
Yes... have grown is intransitive
Check this site:
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/intransitiveverb.htm
Check this site:
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/intransitiveverb.htm