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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Idioms vs phrasal verbs
Are all idioms phrasal verbs? The idiom "right away" does not contain a verb, so I don't understand how it could be considered a phrasal verb...but I cannot find any information to prove it.
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Not all idioms are phrasal verbs. One of my dictionaries defines "idiom" as follows: id·i·om , n. 1.
- Not all idioms are phrasal verbs.
- One of my dictionaries defines "idiom" as follows: id·i·om , n.
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- an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
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Not all idioms are phrasal verbs. One of my dictionaries defines "idiom" as follows:
id·i·om, n.
1. an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round f
id·i·om, n.
1. an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round f
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AnonymousAre all idioms phrasal verbs?Absolutely not. Many phrasal verbs are idioms, but not all idioms are phrasal verbs.
right away is not a phrasal verb. take out, put on, find out, and look up are typical phrasal verbs.
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