By Prepositional verbs, Verbs

Hi CJHow 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 oneself ready to fight" just like "rise". "Up" is...

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 unit. ?Yesterday we had to put up with mosquitos, and...

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 C have stumped me, so I'd be grateful if anyone...

the issue of phrasals that are 'verb + prep' aren't an issue for meOne 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 preposition cannot be considered a phrasal...

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 some wrongness and punish it / cause problems to...

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 SOME WRONGDOING AND PUNISH IT / CAUSE PROBLEMS TO...

Thanks a lot MM! Your explanations were really helpful! Now, could you give some examples of the prepositional verbs used in context (i.e. in a sentence)? Thanks a lot!! Mara.

Your comments re gerunds are correct. You need to separate prepositional verbs from free verbs + infinitive. To a large extent, it is a matter of learning the prepositional verbs: look forward to be used to object to attend to drink to conform to You can try checking by putting...

Hello Cj, Thank you for your answer! Longman distinguishes 3 types of object: Direct, Indirect and Prepositional (I believe that the classification is the same in Quirk, isn't it?). It looks to me that Longman also distinguishes "Object of a Preposition" from "Complement of a...

Welcome to English Forums! It would be better if someone familiar with the Longman book responded to your question. I am not familiar with that book. Nevertheless, I will try to answer your questions. 1. An object of a preposition always follows a prepositional verb, yes. A...