By Articles, Adverbs

Grammar Geek wrote:But you left out the "in," you didn't move it. Well I was just following what Aperisic said about phrasal verbs with adverbs as particles. He gave the following example. you can check it in the above posts. pay back - repay, take revenge I pay back for...

Aperisic wrote:When we have a preposition A preposition changes a verb in such a manner that without it almost always you can't know what the verb means at the end. The meaning of a phrasal verb is strongly divided between the verb and the particle and the two are inseparable. Next, we have a...

When it is important to make difference adverb vs. preposition As we said the possible positions of an object mostly define the type of a particle in the phrasal verb. In an adverb case almost always we can place the object even between a verb and its particle, in a preposition case (except...

Grammar Geek wrote: So "to lay by" is a phrasal verb meaning "to store away"? New vocabulary for me! But anyway, when you have a phrasal verb like that (or like "look up" (as a word in a dictionary) or "write down") - do the prepositions act like normal prepositions, or because they are...

Maple wrote: Maybe reading this way can help to comprehend "by" as an adv in "lay by". The farmer laid by his crops. / The farmer laid his crops by. (acceptable) We came upon a small lake. / We came a small lake upon. (inacceptable) So, it means that if we move the particle to the end...

Inchoateknowledge wrote:To lay by is a phrasal verb, and by is an adverbial particle belonging to the verb. what does the farmer lay by? his crops. So, isn't it true that when a particle in a phrasal verb could be questioned by what or whom, it's a preposition (by). GB

Inchoateknowledge wrote:what does the farmer lay by? his crops. So, isn't it true that when the particle in the phrasal verb answers the question what or whom, it's a preposition. GB

If I am not sure whether it is a verb phrase or a verb plus a preposition, I create a question. I ran up the hill. where did I run? up the hill. this is not a pv becoz you do not need the particle for the question to make sense. --------------------- I ran up a huge telephone bill. What...

To lay by is a phrasal verb, and by is an adverbial particle belonging to the verb. what does the farmer lay by? his crops. We came upon a small lake. This is another phrasal verb what did you come upon? and not where did you come? upon a small lake.

Alienvoord, I appreciate you're constructive criticism. Allow me to rebute:1) Comprehensible, yes. But many expressions are comprehensible even without being gramatically sound. The nuances I try to reveal in this post are to help you write better gramatically, not to sound or to write...