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Eipjoo Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
pass on
“There was a time when I supposed my job was to pass on the teaching of the Church.”
The example has the phrasal verb, pass on, and its object (the teaching of the Church).
Is there any semantic difference to have the particle ‘on’ after the transitive verb, or is it just a habitual, idiomatic phrase?
The example has the phrasal verb, pass on, and its object (the teaching of the Church).
Is there any semantic difference to have the particle ‘on’ after the transitive verb, or is it just a habitual, idiomatic phrase?
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” The "on" is required semantically , but you could put it at the end. I'm not sure whether or not it would still be considered part of a phrasal verb in that position: . .
- ” The "on" is required semantically , but you could put it at the end.
- I'm not sure whether or not it would still be considered part of a phrasal verb in that position: .
- .
- my job was to pass the teaching of the Church on .
- It may be argumentative as to whether or not "to pass on" is actually a phrasal verb.
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eipjoo“There was a time when I supposed my job was to pass on the teaching of the Church.”The "on" is required semantically, but you could put it at the end. I'm not sure whether or not it would still be considered part of a phrasal verb in that position:
. . . . my job was to pass the teaching of the Church on.
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