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Hanuman_2000 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Preposition

Hello!


Rule : Phrasal verbs consisting of a verb followed by a word which may function either as an adverb or as a preposition.

How can I take decision that it is a preposition or an adverb?

One concept that is clearly know to me that usually a preposition take noun or pronoun as an object.

Is there any other technique to know the same?


Thanks.
  

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First, allow me to redefine for clarity, Hanuman: Multi-word verbs (verb + particle) are divided into (1) phrasal verbs (verb+adverb) and (2) prepositional verbs (verb + preposition). In both, the particle can be followed by a noun, so you may have trouble distinguishing them that way: They set up a new corporation. They ran into a legal problem.

— Mister Micawber

  • First, allow me to redefine for clarity, Hanuman: Multi-word verbs (verb + particle) are divided into (1) phrasal verbs (verb+adverb) and (2) prepositional verbs (verb + preposition).
  • In both, the particle can be followed by a noun, so you may have trouble distinguishing them that way: They set up a new corporation.
  • They ran into a legal problem.
  • I.
  • The object can, and a pronoun object must, go before the particle of a phrasal verb, but this is not possible for a prepositional verb: They set the corporation up; They set it up.
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First, allow me to redefine for clarity, Hanuman:

Multi-word verbs (verb + particle) are divided into (1) phrasal verbs (verb+adverb) and (2) prepositional verbs (verb + preposition).

In both, the particle can be followed by a noun, so you may have trouble distinguishing them that way:

They set up a new corporation.
They ran into a legal problem.

I. Th
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