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02-06-2011, 03:41 AM

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Originally Posted by chryuop View Post
In another forum someone asked a question about particles and used a phrase as example which is 夢を現実の前に降伏することがある.
I was kinda surprised because I thought 降伏する was an intransitive verb, but someone used google as example to show it was used as transitive verb. So I searched on google with the phrase 降伏するとは他動詞 and all I got back was 自動詞. For sure you find alot used を when it is used 降伏させる.
Can someone explain this please?
For future reference, when you're trying to figure out if a verb is transitive, just Google "をVERB" and "がVERB" and see if one is much more prevalent than the other.