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Tiểu Cầm Posted 13 years ago
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Q: : Which option is NOT correct? “………, I can’t hear myself think.”
A. Turn it down B. Turn the music down C. Turn down the music D. Turn down it
The correction is D, but I don't understand clearly. Please explain it to me. thanks very much!
  

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D is wrong because pronouns can appear only between the segments of separable verb + adverb (although nouns can appear either between or after: Wrong : Turn down it. Send away her. Buy out them Right : Turn it down, Turn the radio down, Turn down the radio.

  • D is wrong because pronouns can appear only between the segments of separable verb + adverb (although nouns can appear either between or after: Wrong : Turn down it.
  • Send away her.
  • Buy out them Right : Turn it down, Turn the radio down, Turn down the radio.
  • Send her away.
  • Send the girl away.
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D is wrong because pronouns can appear only between the segments of separable verb + adverb (although nouns can appear either between or after:

Wrong: Turn down it. Send away her. Buy out them

Right:
Turn it down, Turn the radio down, Turn down the radio.
Send her away. Send the girl away. Send away the girls
Buy them out. Buy

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