Quote Originally Posted by Karavanshchik View Post
Some languages take the separation of transitive verbs and intransitive verbs very seriously. It's not a surprise but.... Russian is one of those languages.
Well, Russian takes that separation not so seriously as many other languages, or else it would have some grammatical means to distinguish "Я повернул кран" (transitive) and "Я повернул за угол" (intransitive).