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I confess that I probably learned more from that book than from any other about how to write in English: for example, the fact that there is no verb 'to be' as such and the sense of the transitive function of verbs have been crucial to me, not to mention the way in which language and visual metaphor interpenetrate in Chinese writing and calligraphy.

我坦承，比起其他书来，我从那本书里学到了更多关于如何用英语写作：比如没有"存在"这样的动词，以及动词及物功能的意义，这些对于我一直至为关键，更不用说汉语写作和书法中语言与视觉喻意之间互为渗透的方式。

To correctly use the passive voice, it should be noted that what the verb is transitive and which are intransitive.

要想正确地使用被动语态，就须注意哪些动词是及物的，哪些是不及物的。

The intransitive verb affiliate can take either with or to in BrE, but only with in AmE.

子公司的不及物动词可以采取不论在是BRE ，但是只有在AmE 。

But these uses are probably less common nowadays than two extended senses of the intransitive sense of the verb.

但是现在这两种用法也许不如该词作为不及物动词的两种延伸的用法更为常见。

In addition to transitive verb, they also follow intransitive verbs.

在汉语中除了他动词外，自动词有时也能带宾语。

A related intransitive sense of the verb is better known in Standard English: A crowd milled around in the street.

该词作不及物动词时所具有的与此相关的意义在标准英语中更为常见：一群人在大街上兜圈子。

The verb is being used intransitively.

这个动词此处的用法是不及物的。

And usually the same verb is used both transitively and intransitively.

通常一动词既可跟宾语，又可不跟宾语。

In particular, critics seized on the fact that in this sense the verb was often used intransitively, with no reflexive pronoun.

这种用法来源于有关心理分析的著作，在这些著作中，这个词具有特殊的科技含义，不过就象从该领域引入的其它词语一样，这个词在日常生活使用中还带有专业术语的痕迹。

4 An important role of the comma is to prevent ambiguity or misunderstanding, especially after a verb used intransitively where it might otherwise be taken to be transitive

逗号的一个重要作用是防止产生歧义或误解。尤其在不及物动词后，该动词可能会被误认为是及物动词

I want to be a big fish in a small pond.

我要做一条在小池塘里的大鱼。

While the software functioned well, we did not feel the same about their customer support!

虽然该软件运行良好，我们没有同样的感觉他们的客户支持！