Re: Proper grammar
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 11:15 pm
Come on, get off the merry-gp-round. It's my turn.
I checked out your link. First of all, the word "transitive" is never used, which is odd. But they do give the definition WITH an object, which does suggest it is transitive. The word "intransitive" is used. However, looking over the whole definition of "stumbled", and specifically the 6 sentences showing examples of correct contemporary usage, not one of them is transitive. They are all intransitive.
Now why do you think they would not include even one example of "stumbled" used transitively? Could it be because that is not part of correct contemporary usage? Just because they list a definition for transitive usage, that does not mean that that it is currently the correct way to use it. Granted, they should have said that, but they didn't. Instead they gave no examples of "stumbled" used transitively. You gave several examples, all of which, IMO, are incorrect grammar in today's English.
I checked out your link. First of all, the word "transitive" is never used, which is odd. But they do give the definition WITH an object, which does suggest it is transitive. The word "intransitive" is used. However, looking over the whole definition of "stumbled", and specifically the 6 sentences showing examples of correct contemporary usage, not one of them is transitive. They are all intransitive.
Now why do you think they would not include even one example of "stumbled" used transitively? Could it be because that is not part of correct contemporary usage? Just because they list a definition for transitive usage, that does not mean that that it is currently the correct way to use it. Granted, they should have said that, but they didn't. Instead they gave no examples of "stumbled" used transitively. You gave several examples, all of which, IMO, are incorrect grammar in today's English.