Before we even start our discussion, if we pay a little more attention to the title of the article, as soon as we begin to understand what our precious meeting is all about: of the verbs that have more than one regency.
Hey! But wait: can the same verb have different rules? Are you curious to find out? Don't worry, that's exactly our goal from now on.
Well, before getting to know them, it becomes necessary for you to understand why this occurs, that is, the same verb, depending on the meaning it expresses in the sentence, it may or may not be governed by the use of the preposition. Thus, let's analyze some of these verbs, in order to check what meaning they represent. So here we go!
ASPIRE
When this verb indicates the idea of sipping, sniffing, it will always require the complement without the preposition:
we aspire the scent of flowers.
In the sense of desiring, craving, intending, it requires the complement with the preposition:
In the company, he aspired to a higher office.
TO ATTEND
In the sense of giving assistance, providing assistance, this verb does not require the complement to be accompanied by the use of the preposition:
the doctor attended the patient.
Now, when it represents the idea of seeing, witnessing, the complement must be accompanied by the preposition:
yesterday we watched to a wonderful movie.
TO WANT
In the sense of desiring something, this verb asks for a complement, but without the use of the preposition:
I want to the book.
In the sense of esteeming, having affection, the complement will always be accompanied by the use of the preposition:
i want well to my friends.
AIM
When this verb expresses the sense of aiming, as well as of seeing something, the use of the preposition will be dispensed with in the complement:
The apprentice soldier aimed the target.
The teacher aimed the exercise.
When the expressed idea is to aim, intend, have in view, necessarily, we must make use of the preposition, in the case of the complement:
we must always aim to a better placement in the ratings.
PROCEED
This verb, portraying the sense of having foundation, does not require the presence of the preposition in the term that complements it:
everything they said does not proceed.
When it expresses the idea related to originating, coming from somewhere, the presence of the preposition is necessary:
visitors proceed from Maceio.
By Vânia Duarte
Graduated in Letters
