By Constructions, Phrasal verbs

I'm somewhat confused about the difference between these two constructions. I can't get when I should use a gerund and when an infinitive. I believe it's very easy for a native speaker to tell the difference if it exists, of course I'd also want to learn the British equivalent to the phrasal...

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...

"We'll send you them back" is not a particularly felicitous construction! For the most idiomatic patterns, you'll need one of these: We send the letter to John. We send John the letter. We send it to John. (Not: We send John it.) We send the letter to him. We send him the letter. We send it...

Hello Andrei and Casi I hope you don’t mind if I answer both of you at the same time. First, to Andrei: Casi has quite rightly mentioned an oversight in my previous answer. The forms of which these are examples are often found, especially in conversation: 1. ‘Peter was searched for by...

Hello again, Lupa Sorry I couldn't come back online earlier. I found out later that the problem was my phone line, not my poor server. It seems to have been fixed now. Going back to your question, I'm not sure what your teacher was referring to when they asked about "verb + participle" and...