Sentences with no object [closed]
I have known for years that sentences do not have to contain the objects. But there are some problems I am facing with great difficulty. For example, sentences below make perfect sense.
I missed by a big margin.
I played with passion.
I wrote like a real writer.
I sat.
But some of these sentences without objects do not make sense AT ALL.
I got.
I made.
I show.
Not only do these sentences sound like cavemen, those sentences do not seem to be grammatically correct. Why is that?
Solution 1:
It's not that the last three don't make sense at all; it's that they are incomplete for most instances because all three verbs have transitive uses. But an object is not necessary to complete the sense for "got":
I got into the car.
And I can contrive a sense for "show." For this you have to know that "far along" refers to the time that a woman has been pregnant, and "show" means that it's evident that she's pregnant:
Q: I hear you're pregnant. Congratulations. How far along are you?
A: Well, I show.