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Antía Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
"walk into" phrasal verb?
Hi again!
I have to analyse the following sentence:
On February 28th 1953, an unknown scientist called Francis Crick walked into his local pub in Cambridge, England, and announced that he had discovered the secret of life.
I don't know whether "walk into" can be considered a phrasal verb or not. I can see it is a phrasal verb when it means "obtain easily", "become involved in" and some other meanings the dictionary gives, but it is not so clear for me when it actually means "walk + into".
I would consider "walked" as the verb and "into his local pub in Cambridge, England" an adverbial of place. However, the dictionary says that "walk into" is a phrasal verb also with this meaning (so "walk into" would be the verb and "his local pub in Cambridge, England" would be the direct object).
What do you think?
Thanks for your help!
I have to analyse the following sentence:
On February 28th 1953, an unknown scientist called Francis Crick walked into his local pub in Cambridge, England, and announced that he had discovered the secret of life.
I don't know whether "walk into" can be considered a phrasal verb or not. I can see it is a phrasal verb when it means "obtain easily", "become involved in" and some other meanings the dictionary gives, but it is not so clear for me when it actually means "walk + into".
I would consider "walked" as the verb and "into his local pub in Cambridge, England" an adverbial of place. However, the dictionary says that "walk into" is a phrasal verb also with this meaning (so "walk into" would be the verb and "his local pub in Cambridge, England" would be the direct object).
What do you think?
Thanks for your help!
Top answer
Hello Antia I will analyze your sentence this way; Francis Crick [walked [into his local pub in Cambridge]] Francis Crick [walked [ZERO]] "Francis Crick walked" can stand as an independent sentence. So I take "into his local pub in Cambridge" as a simple adjunctive prepositional phrase indicating the direction of the action 'walk'. paco
- Hello Antia I will analyze your sentence this way; Francis Crick [walked [into his local pub in Cambridge]] Francis Crick [walked [ZERO]] "Francis Crick walked" can stand as an independent sentence.
- So I take "into his local pub in Cambridge" as a simple adjunctive prepositional phrase indicating the direction of the action 'walk'.
- paco
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Hello Antia
I will analyze your sentence this way;
Francis Crick [walked [into his local pub in Cambridge]]
Francis Crick [walked [ZERO]]
"Francis Crick walked" can stand as an independent sentence. So I take "into his local pub in Cambridge" as a simple adjunctive prepositional phrase indicating the direction of the action 'walk'.
paco
I will analyze your sentence this way;
Francis Crick [walked [into his local pub in Cambridge]]
Francis Crick [walked [ZERO]]
"Francis Crick walked" can stand as an independent sentence. So I take "into his local pub in Cambridge" as a simple adjunctive prepositional phrase indicating the direction of the action 'walk'.
paco
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No, "walk into" is not a phrasal verb here. "walked" is the verb, and "into his local pub" is an ordinary prepositional phrase.
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