By Constructions, Prepositional verbs

Intersting. There is much ambiguity in this area. Phrasal Verbs are easily distinguished from prepositional verbs. Whether or not something is a prepositional verb, as opposed to a freely combined structure, though, can often be debatable. I like this: Prepositional passive test: The...

1. "Worse" is the comparative of "bad" while "worst" is the superlative. bad-worse-the worst His new movie is worse than his last. Your cooking is getting worse! (compared to before) Among his movies, the newest one is the worst. This is the worst of all! 2. I'm reproducing Taiwandave's post...

There have been a number of recent questions concerning when to use hypens. The following is an excerpt from The Economist magazine's style guide. © The Economist Newspaper Limited 2004 Use hyphens for: 1. FRACTIONS (whether nouns or adjectives): two-thirds, four-fifths, one-sixth, etc. 2....