PBC—The Department of Scientific English Language

To firstly understand what transitive verbs are, we have to understand what a DIRECT OBJECT is, because throughout the explanation process, we shall include direct objects as a way of breaking down ( clearing up ) the understanding of transitive verbs. So, what is a direct object in grammar? Direct Object or simply “ D.O ” is either a noun ( Jeff, Rosanna, Carlos, bag, squirrel… ), pronoun ( me, her, him... ) or a  noun phrase ( the cars, the yellow mango, that umbrella my grandfather purchased in December... ) that identifies what or who receives an action of a transitive verb. Now that we all already understand what an O.D is, it’s time to go back to the definition of what a transitive verb might be. Transitive verbs are verbs; of course; that accept direct objects. It’s quite easy to identify a transitive verb in English as it might be easier in other languages. Furthermore, if you want to find out whether a verb is transitive or not, you can start off by using t...

Hello English Language Learners and Researchers! Today I have a very easy topic: we are breaking down the difference between BETWEEN and AMONG. 1. BETWEEN: we use between to refer to two items, people, or objects. See the examples down below. I do not see any difference between dilemma and trouble. Here, we are essentially talking about two items: 'dilemma' and 'trouble'. The lion's share of Chineses is being affected by the threatening COVID-19 and between December through February the numbers have been drastically going up and up. From the basis, we, too, have two months being standing out from the mentioning. 2. AMONG: we use among to talk about more than two items, people, or objects. See the examples down below. There was no understanding among the members of the government lately. From this angle, this example's suggesting us that the members of the gov. are more than two in the gathering and I certainly bet you have seen some cases on...