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Miles Lee Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Challenging Syntax
Would you take a look at these sentences?
A. A venue should be decided right on.
B. A label is torn right off.
C. A problem is brought right up.
A is ungrammatical while B is not. Then what about c?
How can we explain this distribution of the Spec and multi verbs?
A. A venue should be decided right on.
B. A label is torn right off.
C. A problem is brought right up.
A is ungrammatical while B is not. Then what about c?
How can we explain this distribution of the Spec and multi verbs?
Top answer
C is fine.
- C is fine.
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Is it ? Then, all the phrasal verbs can come with the spec, 'right'?
For example, are these sentences grammatical?
The guy is calmed right down.?
The guy is taken right in.?
The thing is cleared right up?
Can we safely conclude that all the phrasal verbs occur with the spec while prepositional verbs don't?
Isn't there any counterexample?
For example, are these sentences grammatical?
The guy is calmed right down.?
The guy is taken right in.?
The thing is cleared right up?
Can we safely conclude that all the phrasal verbs occur with the spec while prepositional verbs don't?
Isn't there any counterexample?
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