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Jigneshbharati Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
Stretch out
Students can really stretch out their sentences by adding detail (Where? When? How? Why?) to simple sentences through the process of sentence expanding.
https://iowareadingresearch.org/blog/sentence-expanding
How do we know whether "stretch out" is a phrasal verb or a regular verb plus adverb/ preposition?
What does "stretch out" mean here?
To make the sentences longer?
https://iowareadingresearch.org/blog/sentence-expanding
How do we know whether "stretch out" is a phrasal verb or a regular verb plus adverb/ preposition?
What does "stretch out" mean here?
To make the sentences longer?
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Jigneshbharati How do we know whether "stretch out" is a phrasal verb or a regular verb plus adverb/ preposition? Phrasal verbs are idiomatic combinations, but there is no exact objective test for sufficient idiomaticity. In this case, though, I would say that "stretch out" is sufficiently idiomatic to qualify.
- Jigneshbharati How do we know whether "stretch out" is a phrasal verb or a regular verb plus adverb/ preposition?
- Phrasal verbs are idiomatic combinations, but there is no exact objective test for sufficient idiomaticity.
- In this case, though, I would say that "stretch out" is sufficiently idiomatic to qualify.
- "out" is an adverb.
- You can tell this because "out their sentences" does not make sense.
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JigneshbharatiHow do we know whether "stretch out" is a phrasal verb or a regular verb plus adverb/ preposition?
Phrasal verbs are idiomatic combinations, but there is no exact objective test for sufficient idiomaticity. In this case, though, I would say that "stretch out" is sufficiently idiomatic to qualify. "out" is an adverb. You can tell this because "
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