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Guyper Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

What part of speech are they?

"The furnace door opens, sending the ambient temperature up 30 degrees"

Are they an idiom or simply a verb and a preposition?

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I suppose it is a phrasal verb. s=t "Raising ... by" would be the more usual expression.

  • I suppose it is a phrasal verb.
  • s=t "Raising ...
  • by" would be the more usual expression.
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I suppose it is a phrasal verb. See entry #17 http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/send?s=t
"Raising ... by" would be the more usual expression.

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