By Pronouns, Phrasal verbs

Uhm, I think "Max cleaned it up" is correct. The question here is where we put the object. Am I right?! If a transitive phrasal verb ends with an adverb, we have 3 possibilities! 1. If the object is a noun phrase, you can put it ever before or after the adverb.Example: "Max cleaned up the garden"...

Thank you, CJ! I don't care for "preposition" either, it doesn't sound right since, after all, a preposition is characterized by the fact that it requires a noun/pronoun or at least must be put before (pre-) something... I'll go for "particle", then, reminds me of German, and besides it sounds...

I'm trying to think of a prepositional verb that can be split by an object. 1.Call on (visit) 2.Call up (summon) 1. *I called my friends on. 2. I called my friends up. #2 is a phrasal verb. Also, I don't beleive that a phrasal verb can divided by an adverb 1.I call frequently on my...

First, allow me to redefine for clarity, Hanuman: Multi-word verbs (verb + particle) are divided into (1) phrasal verbs (verb+adverb) and (2) prepositional verbs (verb + preposition). In both, the particle can be followed by a noun, so you may have trouble distinguishing them that way: They...

Hello! Rule : Phrasal verbs consisting of a verb followed by a word which may function either as an adverb or as a preposition. How can I take decision that it is a preposition or an adverb? One concept that is clearly know to me that usually a preposition take noun or pronoun as an...

Pronouns (e.g., personal 'him', etc.) are not compatible in that environment. Allow me to explain using an alternative example: A. Hang the phone up. B. Hang it up. In A. and B. the (pro)noun sits next to the verb. That is, it is in close proximity to the head of the phrase it's housed...

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...

Yes, what you have given as your rule of thumb is quite clearly part of it, as well as the fact that with phrasal verbs used intransitively the problem never occurs - of course. Yet, I wish we could come up with a little more. For example, I think that some of these particles are much more...

Try this, Karol: 1) The particle of a prepositional verb must precede the prepositional object, but the particle of a phrasal verb can generally precede or follow the direct object. 2) When the object is a personal pronoun, the pronoun follows the particle of a prepositional verb but precedes...

I guess if you don't know the verb at all, you're stuck, Lana. There are no prescriptive rules, only guidelines. Greenbaum & Quirk list five differences: (1) The particle of a prepositional verb must precede the object, but the particle of a phrasal verb can either precede or follow the...