http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/Syntax/hhlrb/post.htm#622299Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:39:42 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:622299Avangi0http://www.englishforums.com/English/Syntax/hhlrb/post.htm#622299http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-622299.xmlThank you, CB. I&#39;ll work on that!http://www.englishforums.com/English/Syntax/hhlrb/post.htm#622279Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:39:42 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:622279Cool Breeze1http://www.englishforums.com/English/Syntax/hhlrb/post.htm#622279http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-622279.xmlI don&#39;t know much about phrasal verbs (they hadn&#39;t yet been invented when I was in school), but I take &quot;graduated&quot; as a simple verb in the simple past tense, and &quot;with first-class honors&quot; as a prepositional phrase, modifying the verb. Avangi, we analyze the sentence in exactly the same way. In Helsinki English a phrasal verb is made up of a verb plus an adverb , as in: The ship blew up . CBhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Syntax/hhlrb/post.htm#622252Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:39:42 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:622252Avangi2http://www.englishforums.com/English/Syntax/hhlrb/post.htm#622252http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-622252.xmlI don&#39;t know much about phrasal verbs (they hadn&#39;t yet been invented when I was in school), but I take &quot;graduated&quot; as a simple verb in the simple past tense, and &quot;with first-class honors&quot; as a prepositional phrase, modifying the verb. I&#39;d call &quot;first-class&quot; an adjective modifying the noun &quot;honors,&quot; which functions as object of the preposition, &quot;with.&quot; To me, the rest is okay.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Syntax/hhlrb/post.htmTue, 26 May 2009 13:39:42 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:622218hkqq3http://www.englishforums.com/English/Syntax/hhlrb/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-622218.xmlHi, Is the syntax below OK? He (subject) graduated with (phrasal verb) first-class honors (Noun) from Hong Kong University (prepositional phrase) in the 1960s (prepositional phrase).