Apostrophes and Parts of Speech

What have I learned so far in terms of grammar and punctuation? Thus far, English 326 has taught me about apostrophe usage, different types of verbs, and how to identify various parts of speech in a sentence. Explicitly, I want to discuss what I have learned about transitive and intransitive verbs. Additionally, I will explain the ways in which I am now prepared to appropriately use apostrophes.
First of all, before the previous class session in which transitive and intransitive verbs were introduced, I had no idea there were different types of verbs. Take the next two sentences, for example. “Bob walked to the bus stop.” “Bob walked.” Two weeks ago I would say “walked” was the verb. And I would move on. Not anymore. I now know that the first sentence features a transitive verb because there are two objects. This is a more conventional sentence structure. The next sentence features an intransitive verb because walked is not tied to an object, which is a more unconventional sentence structure. This brings me to the next breakthrough in grammar and punctuation I experienced.
Due to hardcore attention to sentence structure, I am now equipped with a stronger understanding of the parts of speech, and how they are properly used. I know that adjectives describe nouns, and that they also feature comparative and superlative forms. I have investigated the essence of adverbs and understand how they describe verbs, adjectives, or another adverb. Adverbs are awesome. I greatly appreciate “move- ability” test. For example, if one wants to identify whether a word is an adverb or adjective one can simply “move” the word around and find out. “Specifically, I want the red dog.” Or, “I want the red dog, specifically.” Specifically is an adverb because it can be moved.
Finally, I am endowed with a better understanding of apostrophes. That is, I understand the difference between “Tiger Woods golf club” and “Tiger Woods’s golf club” and “Tiger Woods’ golf club.” The first sentence I am actually confused about. But, the next two are sentences showing Tiger’s possession over the golf club. “Woods’s” is the new style to show possession for a noun ending in “s,” while “Woods’” is the older style to show possession.





Question: I am a little confused still concerning the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs. For my explanation I said that intransitive verbs lack an object. Is it that simple, or am I missing part of the explanation? Does an intransitive verb always appear at the end of a sentence?




Pattern of the day: I think it was Garth Brooks who said, “AND THE THUNDER ROLLS.”
AND THE SONG IS GOOD.