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Tenacious Learner Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Move away (phrasal verb)
Hi teachers,
Context:
He stood up and began to move away.
'Don't run away. I'm only an old woman.'
I know that in that case 'move away' is not a phrasal verb. It's the verb "move" followed by the adverb "away".
Would these two examples include also the verb "move" followed by the adverb "away", or because they have the preposition "from", it is already a phrasal verb?
She moved away from the door.
They moved away from the dog.
Thanks in advance.
Context:
He stood up and began to move away.
'Don't run away. I'm only an old woman.'
I know that in that case 'move away' is not a phrasal verb. It's the verb "move" followed by the adverb "away".
Would these two examples include also the verb "move" followed by the adverb "away", or because they have the preposition "from", it is already a phrasal verb?
She moved away from the door.
They moved away from the dog.
Thanks in advance.
Top answer
I don't see any more reason to classify "move away" as a phrasal verb in the second and third examples than in the first. In fact, if anything "away" tends to bind with "from" and make "move away" seem less like an idiomatic unit.
- I don't see any more reason to classify "move away" as a phrasal verb in the second and third examples than in the first.
- In fact, if anything "away" tends to bind with "from" and make "move away" seem less like an idiomatic unit.
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I don't see any more reason to classify "move away" as a phrasal verb in the second and third examples than in the first. In fact, if anything "away" tends to bind with "from" and make "move away" seem less like an idiomatic unit.
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