Thread: out of bounds throw-in
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Old Sat Jan 11, 2014, 11:05am
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Originally Posted by MD Longhorn View Post
Contact is both a transitive and intransitive verb. I contend that the rule intended to use the transitive form of the verb. Camron, I believe you're assuming the intransitive form.
In 7-2-1 and 2 the NF editor(s) demonstrate that they can present the transitive/intransitive aspects of certain words, "The ball is caused to go out of bounds by the last player to touch it or be touched by it,"
(italics added).
Unfortunately, in the subject of this thread, they omitted such clarification.
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