Well, I didn't say it was a rule. Maybe only some prepositions are no good without their objects. Greenbaum mentions an odd class of prepositional verbs that 'sound awkward' with stranded prepositions-- 'keep pace with', 'catch sight of', 'give

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 Verbs are easily distinguished from prepositional verbs. I'm not all that convinced it's so cut 'n dried. Meaning plays a vital role. She looked over the fence . (adverb; she looked where?) ?The fence was looked over. She

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.

All prepositional verbs take prepositional objects. True. But what do we do with ambi-structural "looked after"? They looked (DO) They looked after (DO) What evidence is there that speakers don't parse "look after" as a unit and "the

"It's still a noun phrase so a direct object." It's a prepositional object NP. Technically, it is not a direct object. I've looked this up recently. All prepositional verbs take prepositional objects.

My point was that "looked after" is a prepositional verb, not a phrasal verb as was suggested in the thread. I've been trying to understand the difference. It seems that many people are not aware that there is one. My error, I misunderstood.

My point was that "looked after" is a prepositional verb, not a phrasal verb as was suggested in the thread. I've been trying to understand the difference. It seems that many people are not aware that there is one. I think this is correct:

As a verb, "monkey" occurs in at least a few multi-word verbs. "monkey around" - (intransitive)- This is, I suppose, a phrasal verb that means to be doing something in a careless, ineffectual or silly way. Tell the kids to quit monkeying

"The boy looked after the sheep." Would you analyze this as: The Boy (Subject-NP) looked (V) after the sheep (Adverbial PP). or The Boy (Subject-NP) looked after (Prepositional Verb) the sheep (Prepositional Object). Thanks for