transitiveness

IPA: trˈænzɪtɪvnʌs

Examples of "transitiveness" in Sentences

When they follow any form of the simple verb of being they take the objective form, as in its me, it aint him, and I am him, probably because the transitiveness of this verb exerts a greater pull than its function as a mere copula, and perhaps, too, because the passive naturally tends to put the speaker in the place of the object.