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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Have ventured on to
"By handing responsibility for initiating Brexit over to MPs, the three senior judges – Lord Thomas; the master of the rolls, Sir Terence Etherton, and Lord Justice Sales – have ventured on to constitutionally untested ground." (The Guardian.)
Is "have ventured on to" a prepositional (transitive) verb and "constitutionally untested ground" its direct object or is "have ventured on" an intransitive phrasal verb followed by the adverbial "to constitutionally untested ground" in the above?
Is "have ventured on to" a prepositional (transitive) verb and "constitutionally untested ground" its direct object or is "have ventured on" an intransitive phrasal verb followed by the adverbial "to constitutionally untested ground" in the above?
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It should be "ventured onto ". As far as your question still applies, I don't think "venture onto" is a strong enough idiomatic combination to be termed a prepositional verb.
- It should be "ventured onto ".
- As far as your question still applies, I don't think "venture onto" is a strong enough idiomatic combination to be termed a prepositional verb.
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It should be "ventured onto". As far as your question still applies, I don't think "venture onto" is a strong enough idiomatic combination to be termed a prepositional verb.
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