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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Two grammar questions...
Why can a pronoun be located in between a verb and adverb, but not between a verb and preposition?
Can someone please both explain (a) and (f)? How do I distinguish an adverb from the preposition?
For example,
a. Pick up it (INCORRECT)
b. Pick it up (correct)
c. Pick up the phone (correct)
d. Pick the phone up (correct)
Example two:
e. Looking at it (correct)
f. Looking it at (INCORRECT)
g. James handed in the report (the report is "it") (correct)
h. James handed it in (it is "the report") (correct)
Can someone please both explain (a) and (f)? How do I distinguish an adverb from the preposition?
For example,
a. Pick up it (INCORRECT)
b. Pick it up (correct)
c. Pick up the phone (correct)
d. Pick the phone up (correct)
Example two:
e. Looking at it (correct)
f. Looking it at (INCORRECT)
g. James handed in the report (the report is "it") (correct)
h. James handed it in (it is "the report") (correct)
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You should read this . Here is just a part of it: There are a number of particles ( up, down, in, out, on, off, away, back ) which should make us very suspicious that we are dealing with a separable phrasal verb, and a number of them ( with, without, by, for, at, across, of, from, to, into ) which almost certainly indicate a prepositional verb. But there are some strange cases!
- You should read this .
- Here is just a part of it: There are a number of particles ( up, down, in, out, on, off, away, back ) which should make us very suspicious that we are dealing with a separable phrasal verb, and a number of them ( with, without, by, for, at, across, of, from, to, into ) which almost certainly indicate a prepositional verb.
- But there are some strange cases!
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- Pick up it (INCORRECT) Phrasal verb pick up .
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You should read this . Here is just a part of it:
There are a number of particles (up, down, in, out, on, off, away, back) which should make us very suspicious that we are dealing with a separable phrasal verb, and a number of them (with, without, by, for, at, across, of, from, to, into) which almost certainly indicate a prepositional verb. But there are some strange
There are a number of particles (up, down, in, out, on, off, away, back) which should make us very suspicious that we are dealing with a separable phrasal verb, and a number of them (with, without, by, for, at, across, of, from, to, into) which almost certainly indicate a prepositional verb. But there are some strange
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Hello,
A phrasal verb is made up of a verb and an adverb. You can have a pronoun between them. A phrasal verb acts as one unit. A pronoun coming between them will not change the meaning of the phrasal verb.
There is nothing wrong in having a pronoun between a verb and a preposition. But they are not one unit.
Example: I saw him at the canteen.
But there is so
A phrasal verb is made up of a verb and an adverb. You can have a pronoun between them. A phrasal verb acts as one unit. A pronoun coming between them will not change the meaning of the phrasal verb.
There is nothing wrong in having a pronoun between a verb and a preposition. But they are not one unit.
Example: I saw him at the canteen.
But there is so
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