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Pructus Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Order of particles
Hello...
Are the following all true?
* means ungrammatical...
(1)
a. I tried to push back in the bolt.
b. *I tried to push back the bolt in.
(2)
a. Bring on over your friend.
b. *Bring on your friend over.
(3)
a. They brought back home the children.
b. *They broght back the children home.
Are the following all true?
* means ungrammatical...
(1)
a. I tried to push back in the bolt.
b. *I tried to push back the bolt in.
(2)
a. Bring on over your friend.
b. *Bring on your friend over.
(3)
a. They brought back home the children.
b. *They broght back the children home.
Top answer
1- Incorrect. Say: I tried to push the bolt back in. 2- Incorrect.
- 1- Incorrect.
- Say: I tried to push the bolt back in.
- 2- Incorrect.
- Say: Bring your friend over.
- or Bring over your friend.
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1- Incorrect. Say:
I tried to push the bolt back in.
2- Incorrect. Say:
Bring your friend over. or
Bring over your friend.
3- a is possible. or
They brought the children back home.
I tried to push the bolt back in.
2- Incorrect. Say:
Bring your friend over. or
Bring over your friend.
3- a is possible. or
They brought the children back home.
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'back' works like this:
push ... back in.
pull ... back out.
drag ... back down.
haul ... back up.
bring ... back home.
take ... back there.
'on over' is the other one you used.
bring ... on over.
come on over.
CJ
push ... back in.
pull ... back out.
drag ... back down.
haul ... back up.
bring ... back home.
take ... back there.
'on over' is the other one you used.
bring ... on over.
come on over.
CJ
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