Choose whether the verb in the sentence below is transitive, intransitive, or linking. the old barn timbers creaked under a weight of snow.

The verb in the sentence above is intransitive.

Explanation:

"Creaked" is an intransitive verb of sound. This means that it only selects one argument, which functions as the direct object of the sentence, the NP "the old barn timbers". You can test that it only takes one argument by removing the PP of location. As this prepositional phrase functions as a modifier of place, the meaning should still be grammatical after its removal (A).

A) The old barn timbers creaked

in "people in peace, not profit and war" chrisholm uses inductive reasoning for her argument against defense spending by stating that the new administration, like most americans, wanted to invest in social objectives, so they must not want to prioritize defense spending. mr. nixon said "we can delay no longer in launching new approaches to the problem that beset them", but chrisholm points out that the programs were delayed anyways.