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Topic: 開ける as an intransitive verb in expressing a lack of change

In the section about Expressing a lack of change the last example sentence is

窓が開けっ放しだったので、蚊がいっぱい入った.

But I thought that in the basic grammar section about transitive and intransitive verbs 「開ける」 was mentioned as a transitive verb and shouldn't it therefore be 「窓を開けっ放し．．．」?

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  • taekk
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Re: 開ける as an intransitive verb in expressing a lack of change

開けっ放し is no longer a verb.

-Tae Kim

それは、よくなくなくない？

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Re: 開ける as an intransitive verb in expressing a lack of change

Maybe you should regard the phrase as 'passive voice' as in （誰々によって）窓が開けっ放し（にされた状態）だったので, then it is a transative verb.

And then again, if you consider it as an active voice phrase, you can use 'を' as in （誰々が）窓を開けっ放し（にした状態）だったので as you mentioned.

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