The theory of intransitive preferences explains both our seemingly irrational delay of desired long-term goals in preference for an immediate reward as well as our regret later. All of this ...

There is a theoretical reason for this, but it lies beyond scope of this class. Ergative verbs include: go, walk, run, swim, work, crawl, sleep (all of these verbs must be intransitive to be ergative) ...

AS we should all know by now, intransitive verbs are handicapped by their inability to take a direct object. Another way of saying this is that a subject cannot perform the action of intransitive ...

He's not her usual type, but she fell for him after dating for a couple of months. He fell for her on the first date. to cheat on (somebody): to secretly have a romantic or sexual relationship ...

Hardly any studies have shown that animals are also capable of intransitive actions. Even though intransitive actions have no particular purpose, imitating these non-conscious movements is still ...

As Bill Gates tells the story, Warren Buffett once challenged him to a game of dice. Each would select one of four dice belonging to Buffett, and then they’d roll, with the higher number winning.

This prompted a reader to send in this query: Is ‘resign’ a transitive or intransitive verb? Which is correct: ‘resign from a post’ or ‘resign a post’? ‘Resign’ is used as a ...