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Samerrustom Posted 10 years ago
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Can I put a preposition in front of phrasal verbs?
Can I say " I had a lot of ice cream during the new year party, so I need to work off ice cream"?
  

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samerrustom Can I put a preposition in front of phrasal verbs? You cannot put a preposition in front of any verb, phrasal or otherwise. samerrustom Can I say " I had a lot of ice cream during the new year party, so I need to work off ice cream"?

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  • samerrustom Can I put a preposition in front of phrasal verbs?
  • You cannot put a preposition in front of any verb, phrasal or otherwise.
  • samerrustom Can I say " I had a lot of ice cream during the new year party, so I need to work off ice cream"?
  • I had a lot of ice cream during/at the new year party, so I need to work it off.
  • "to" is an infinitive marker, not a preposition.
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samerrustomCan I put a preposition in front of phrasal verbs?
You cannot put a preposition in front of any verb, phrasal or otherwise.
samerrustomCan I say " I had a lot of ice cream during the new year party, so I need to work off ice cream"?
I had a lot of ice cream during/at the new year party, so I need to
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GPYYou cannot put a preposition in front of any verb, phrasal or otherwise.
... unless it is in its -ing form, of course.

I'll leave it there, without going into the details.
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"Going" is a gerund there. And a gerund is a kind of verb.
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KhoshtipMana kind of verbs. verb.
Emotion: wink
CJ
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