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hanuman_2000
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Fri, 04 Feb 05 05:18 AM
Hello!
Rule : Phrasal verbs consisting of a verb followed by a word which may function either as an adverb or as a preposition.
How can I take decision that it is a preposition or an adverb?
One concept that is clearly know to me that usually a preposition take noun or pronoun as an object.
Is there any other technique to know the same?
Thanks.
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Mister Micawber
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Fri, 04 Feb 05 01:07 PM
First, allow me to redefine for clarity, Hanuman:
Multi-word verbs (verb + particle) are divided into (1) phrasal verbs (verb+adverb) and (2) prepositional verbs (verb + preposition).
In both, the particle can be followed by a noun, so you may have trouble distinguishing them that way:
They set up a new corporation.
They ran into a legal problem.
I. The object can, and a pronoun object must, go before the particle of a phrasal verb, but this is not possible for a prepositional verb:
They set the corporation up; They set it up.
X They ran a legal problem into; They ran it into.
II. Only the preposition of a prepositional verb can be fronted:
Into what did they run?
X Up what did they set?
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