By Regards, Phrasal verbs

Hello, I'm a foreigner studying english and I have some question about the use of preposition.I saw the name of one book (if memory serve me right, it's cambridge press's book) and I don't understand its structure so I need some advice.The name is "In at the deep". It's very short, isn't it ?But...

Hey guys, I have some questions relating to English Linguistics. I would be very delighted if you can answer them: 1.) "The chairman has resigned from the board" --> can this sentence be coordinated with a phrasal verb? 2.) A: Who invited Mary to the party?B: John invited Mary to the...

Yogi2005 wrote: Could you help me, please, with the sentences below? I need phrasal verbs. 1. She has really taken .............. her nephew and always buys him expensive presents.2. When you take ..................... insurance, read the small prints. OK Yogi2005! You have convinced me!...

At explained The particle at appears to be the goal or objective of opportunists who attempt to take advantage whenever possible. Some verbs show an endeavour to do something by the subject but we do not know if the attempt was successful or the goal was attained. The objects of some verbs...

CJ, thanks again for your response, as I need to run these things by someone else. I hope our dialogue is beneficial to you too. Maybe we can say that, if a verb + adverb can be followed by an object then it must be a phrasal verb. By this rule we are defining phrasals syntactically and not by...

I don’t know why it can’t therefore just as well be concluded that ‘out’, in such constructions, is simply an adverb. I don't know why either. Some authors do call these "particles" adverbs. However, the behavior of a "particle" is a sometimes a bit different from an adverb with regard to...

Hi Paco! I don't think "put up" has the same meaning as "put up with" = TOLERATE, in this sentence: " I have put my complaint up again, for to my foes my bill (= broad-bladed sword) I dare not show." I interpreat "put up" here as "I have refrained from complaining again, for to my foes my...

Goldmund wrote: Dear Jussive, It is my opinion that «take out» and «keep out» are examples of separable phrasal verbs. It is my opinion that «get out of» is a phrasal verb also, but inseparable. In example four, «out in Canada» is adverbial. Kind regards, Goldmund Well, in the Oxford...

Dear Jussive, It is my opinion that «take out» and «keep out» are examples of separable phrasal verbs. It is my opinion that «get out of» is a phrasal verb also, but inseparable. In example four, «out in Canada» is adverbial. Kind regards, Goldmund

Hello CalifJim. I'm that 'Anon.' ............................................................................................ "eating fish alive" does indeed sound unnatural, both semantically and pragmatically! {{=> Not so strange. It's a common practice here! ha-ha ;-）}} Nevertheless,...