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Jigneshbharati Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Down off

from a https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/higher_1 https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/place_1 to the https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/ground_1

Their https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/plane_1 came down in a https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/field_1beside the https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/motorway.

Get down off that https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/roof_1 – it’s https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/dangerous.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.macmillandictionary.com/amp/dictionary/british/down_1

Is "get down" a phrasal verb and "off" a preposition in the example sentence in the dictionary?

Would the preposition "from" be equally correct and with the same meaning in "get down from the roof..."?

  

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Jigneshbharati Is "get down" a phrasal verb and "off" a preposition in the example sentence in the dictionary? Yes, I think that's reasonable. It isn't completely clear cut whether it is "get down + off" or "get + down off" (in speech there may be a slight difference in intonation), but it makes no difference to the meaning.

— GPY

  • Jigneshbharati Is "get down" a phrasal verb and "off" a preposition in the example sentence in the dictionary?
  • Yes, I think that's reasonable.
  • It isn't completely clear cut whether it is "get down + off" or "get + down off" (in speech there may be a slight difference in intonation), but it makes no difference to the meaning.
  • "?
  • Yes.
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JigneshbharatiIs "get down" a phrasal verb and "off" a preposition in the example sentence in the dictionary?

Yes, I think that's reasonable. It isn't completely clear cut whether it is "get down + off" or "get + down off" (in speech there may be a slight difference in intonation), but it makes no difference to the meaning.

Jigneshbhara
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