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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Linguistics Studies

Adverbial question

"He relied on his boss."

Is "on his boss" an adverbial?
  

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I would consider "rely on" a phrasal verb, but others may have a different opinion.

— AlpheccaStars

  • I would consider "rely on" a phrasal verb, but others may have a different opinion.
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I would consider "rely on" a phrasal verb, but others may have a different opinion.
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AlpheccaStarsI would consider "rely on" a phrasal verb, but others may have a different opinion.


But why a phrasal verb and not a prepositional verb?
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Phrasal verb is a relatively new term to me (I had always thought I was being inventive with the term two-word verbs). Either way, it certainly simplifies a lot of things. Here, the phrasal verb consists of two words, and his boss is the direct object.
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<Phrasal verb is a relatively new term to me >

And how about "prepositional verb" and "phrasal-prepositional verb"? New also?
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There are different names for these (verb + proposition) - here is one reference.
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