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Jigneshbharati Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
Scuttle down
I am reading a book "The Finger Eater" with my son who is in year 2.
"No," said her father, "but I have quite often seen the hill-folk, just for a moment. Then they scuttle down their holes, for they are all shy of people. Except Ulf the finger-eater."
Is "scuttle down" a phrasal verb?
Is "down" a preposition?
What does "down" mean here?
"No," said her father, "but I have quite often seen the hill-folk, just for a moment. Then they scuttle down their holes, for they are all shy of people. Except Ulf the finger-eater."
Is "scuttle down" a phrasal verb?
Is "down" a preposition?
What does "down" mean here?
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Jigneshbharati Is "scuttle down" a phrasal verb? No. That is the rather rare verb "scuttle", maning something like "scurry" but more abrupt and awkward.
- Jigneshbharati Is "scuttle down" a phrasal verb?
- No.
- That is the rather rare verb "scuttle", maning something like "scurry" but more abrupt and awkward.
- Jigneshbharati Is "down" a preposition?
- Yes, but it has adverbial force.
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JigneshbharatiIs "scuttle down" a phrasal verb?
No. That is the rather rare verb "scuttle", maning something like "scurry" but more abrupt and awkward.
JigneshbharatiIs "down" a preposition?
Yes, but it has adverbial force. "Scuttle" will almost always have a word like that with it - across, through, out, etc.
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