monotransitive love

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  • adjective In grammar, pertaining to a transitive verb that takes a single mandatory object, either a direct object or a primary object depending on the language.

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Examples

  • Treating the fuck as a direct object would give us two direct objects for one monotransitive verb in such a case.

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