Talk:Intransitive case
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Many languages employ an "SVO" grammar system. These systems are based on the concept of sentences containing a subject, a verb, and an object. This concept is easily understood by a speaker of language, for all sentences they construct include that which performs an action, the action performed, and, if applicable, that which the action is performed upon. For example, in the sentence "He throws the ball," "He" is the subject, or performer of the action, "throws" is the action performed, and "the ball" is the thing thrown, or acted upon, making it the object.
In some languages, the order of "SVO" within a sentence–i.e., a subject, followed by a verb, followed by an object–is not fixed. A noteworthy example of such flexibility is the Latin language.
However, in the Romance languages, such alterations of order require a shift in grammar. This is fortunate, as sense in these languages is often maintained by word order.
In English, sense is maintained despite shifting word orders by changing the tense of the verb from the
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