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Pructus Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Put down

Hello...

How about the “put down” in the below?
Can we replace the underlined with “put down that camera”?

- What's the first picture you ever took?
- My dad. He gave me a camera right before he left for the Gulf War. It was better than what my family could afford, but, uh, still wasn't a very good one. And then he didn't come home. (INHALES DEEPLY) And I just (CHUCKLING) I never put that camera down.
  

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pructus Can we replace the underlined with “put down that camera”? Sure. 'Put down' is a separable phrasal verb.

— Mister Micawber

  • pructus Can we replace the underlined with “put down that camera”?
  • Sure.
  • 'Put down' is a separable phrasal verb.
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pructusCan we replace the underlined with “put down that camera”?
Sure. 'Put down' is a separable phrasal verb.
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I see... I see...
Thanks so much, Mister Micawber!!
The separable and non-separable is not so easy to non-natives....
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