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Rex Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Phrasal verbs

0 They were to buy a new house.02br
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001. They called off the deal.02br
002. Thet called the deal off.02br
01font01b00Which is the correct one?02b02font02br
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00 3.You can put down an animal.02br
004. You can put an animal down.02br
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00I know for sure both 3 and 4 are correct because the object is a pronoun0-
  

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12br 12br 101. 12br 102. 12br 104.

— Philip

  • 12br 12br 101.
  • 12br 102.
  • 12br 104.
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01cite10Rex12cite10They were to buy a new house.12br
12br
101. They called off the deal.12br
102. Thet called the deal off.12br
11font11b10Which is the correct one?12b12font12br
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01cite10Rex12cite101. They called off the deal.12br
102. Thet called the deal off.12br
103.You can put down an animal.12br
104. You can put an animal down.12br
12br
10I know for sure both 3 and 4 are correct because the object is a pronoun12br
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0 I always mixed up the words 'pronouns' and 'proper nouns'. 02br
01font01b00It should be 'pronouns'. No doubt about it.02b02font0-
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0 Rex,02br
00 I think you meant to say that the object (01i00an animal02i00) is 01u00not02u00 a pronoun.02br
00 The pronoun would be01i00 it02i00.02br
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01i00You can put down it02i00 is incorrect.02br
01i00You can put it down02i00
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0 Hi CalifJim02br
01b01font00I respect to your knowledge of grammar.02font02b02br
00In the cae of phrasal verb, the transitive and intransitive verbs also counts heavily.02br
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001. CalifJim asked me to shut up.02br
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002. CalifJim asked shut you up.02br
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0 How to generalize?02br
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00 In the intransitive case there's no choice about placement of the object because there is no object.02br
00 In the transitive case there are three correct ways to structure the words.02br
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01i00 pick up the pencil; pick the pencil up; pick it up02br
00 throw out the trash; throw the
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