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I've found this, from Martin Hewings, Advanced Grammar in Use , he says: Some verbs are commonly used with a particular particle (preposition or adverb). We can call these two-word verb. Some verbs are commonly used with an adverb +

"Yes you are right. The Chaucer's use of "put up" was "put up (=pocket) one's complaint or resentment", that is, the object of the verb was not what one should tolerate. Then they began use the phrase with the thing to tolerate as the object

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

Hi CJ How about :"Mary stood up for the Democrats, and Paul stood for the Republicans" and "Mary stood up for the Democrats, and Paul against the Democrats" ? I feel "stand up for" is not a phrasal verb. I feel "stand" itself has a meaning of "get

It depends on which of the standard test patterns you want to accept as grammatical. *Yesterday we had to put up with mostquitos, and the day before up with flies. Here the clear ungrammaticality of the sentence shows that "put up" is a

I need a few of the regulars out there to help me out again, could you please check what I've answered so far and tell me if I'm right? If I'm wrong please simply point me in the right direction and I'll try again. Unfortunately questions B and

the issue of phrasals that are 'verb + prep' aren't an issue for me One point I was trying to make is that (the way I look at it) there is no such thing as "a phrasal that is 'verb + prep'". If a preposition is involved, then the verb plus that

Hello Mara Riglos wrote: What would you call the following verbs? Phrasal prepositional verbs, phrasal verbs, three word phrasal verbs, or just phrasals plus a preposition? put up with = tolerate. stand up for = defend. catch up with = discover

Hi people! What would you call the following verbs? Phrasal prepositional verbs, phrasal verbs, three word phrasal verbs, or just phrasals plus a preposition? Put up with = TOLERATE. Stand up for = DEFEND.. Catch up with = DISCOVER