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Jigneshbharati Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Race off

The mouse raced off into the grass.
How do we know that "off" is part of the phrasal verb and not used as an independent adverb?
  

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"Race off" is not a phrasal. The mouse can race away, race around, race back, race up the clock, etc.

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  • "Race off" is not a phrasal.
  • The mouse can race away, race around, race back, race up the clock, etc.
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"Race off" is not a phrasal. The mouse can race away, race around, race back, race up the clock, etc.

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The mouse raced off into the grass.
How do we know that "off" is part of the phrasal verb and not used as an independent adverb?You need to consider the possible meanings of the sentence.
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JigneshbharatiHow do we know that "off" is part of the phrasal verb ...?

Well, you don't know, but 'off' doesn't belong with 'into (the grass)', so you group 'off' with the preceding 'raced' whether 'race off' is a phrasal verb or not. Some cases are ambiguous.

If you were dealing with an unmistakable case of a phrasal verb, in all likelihood it wou

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