AboutRosemary Lenc Expertise I am a retired Middle School teacher. I am an expert in grammar (structure of the English
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Rosemary Lenc
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Past/Present clients Have helped many, many students in grade school language arts, middle school and high
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Answer Dear Danielle,
In order to decide between the verbs, sit and set, one must know when to use each one.
Sit is an intransitive verb. That is, there will never be a direct object following it.
Sat is a transitive verb. There WILL be a direct object following it.
So in your sentence, "Sit it down over there by the window" is incorrect. Set it down over there by the window is correct because "it" is the direct object of the verb, set.
Set what? "it".
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