THE regency it is the relationship between verbs or nouns and their complements. If we could analyze it humanly, it would not be considered a healthy relationship by psychology, since it does not represent a cooperation, but a dependence, a subordination. There is always a term that commands and one that is commanded, and one does not “exist” without the other.
In the case of verbal Regency, the relationship of the verb (ruling term) with its complement (running term) is analyzed. Between the terms there may or may not be a preposition, which is defined by the verbal predication. Therefore, it is essential that before studying verbal regency, the predication of verbs is revised.
In addition to the verbal predication, it is also important to analyze the meaning of the verb, as it is possible that a verb in different contexts receives different meanings and, as a result, presents predication distinct. This is the case of the verb watch, which depends on the meaning to define the predication.
Some verbs have double rulership, others only admit one, and there are those that, for normative grammar, have one rulership, and for street grammar, they have another. And when that happens, what to do? Which way to go? We will use as an example to discuss this subject the verb step. Follow the examples below:
No step on in the grass.
boy, no step on on the mat.
What a complicated situation! He was stepping in eggs.
Please miss it is prohibited to step the grass.
not educated people step on the carpet with dirty feet!
No step on here, it's wet!
In all examples, the verb step appears, but in all it is used with the same predication? Do not. In the first three examples and also in the last one, it was used as an intransitive, while in the others it was used as a direct transitive. How to differentiate them? Let's see below:
Consider the following: in all the examples where the verb was considered to be intransitive, next to it was the adverbial adjunct of place: in grass, in carpet, in eggs, and here. In the other examples, the verb to step was used as a direct transitive and to complement it, direct objects were used: carpet and grass.
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You may be wondering: Which shapes are correct? What is the real predication of the verb to step? To answer them, it is necessary to return to an extremely controversial question: what does normative grammar say.
Normative grammar is a language rulebook, where the concept of right and wrong are inherent. So, it is considered wrong to use the verb to step with preposition, because it is considered to be a direct transitive verb. Therefore, the only correct forms for normative grammar are: "Please miss it is forbidden to step on the grass" and "Educated people don't step on the rug”.
However, there is the realities of the streets. Some may say that nothing but normative grammar can be considered because the rules are immutable. Furthermore, speech is dynamic, changing all the time, but language is not. Will it be? Of course, we cannot understand that the speed of change between spoken and written language is the same. However, it cannot be said that changes do not occur in this sphere, a famous example is the word you. Etymologically, it derived from your mercy, passed to you, you, you, until it reaches the way we know it, which means that, albeit slowly, changes in language can occur.
As you can see, there is an impasse between the standard and the use, who will be the winner, only time will define. For the moment, the definition is as follows, whenever the context asks for the application or use of the rules, use the verb to step as a direct transitive, therefore, without a preposition. However, if usage is being discussed, that is, current linguistic reality, then consider the use of the verb with a preposition.
By Mayra Pavan
Graduated in Letters