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Well OK? I will write it down and send it soonCould you please help me with some verbs ?There are some verbs, which have the same preposition and particle. I have no problem to find a phrasal meaning, but I cannot find verbs which combine these two possibilities.I need some examples for these...

Hi, In the book named "Longman English Grammar" by L. G. Alexander in the section 8 named "Prepositions, Adverb particles, and Phrasal verbs," I saw this sentence. What does 'case' mean to you? English uses more prepositions than most other European languages, partly...

i have read one article from the BBC news web site. Troops have arrived in Wenchuan county at the epicentre, which was largely cut off by the quake - but heavy rain is hampering rescue operations. Elsewhere in Sichuan province, frantic efforts are being made to reach thousands of people...

You've got a phrasal verb pass on here, and the particle at the end of a phrasal verb can't be combined with another word, so you can't use onto. on to is what you need.Compare:Pass your papers in to the teacher. (to pass in)It took a while, but Charlie finally caught on to the...

As to this point, the whole article is kinda a metaphor; they're comparing plant husbandry with child education. Thanks and Regards! Maple

It seems to me that almost all the transitive phrasal verbs are separable, so probably just making note of those that are not separable would be the way to memorize them. There are a number of particles (up, down, in, out, on, off, away, back) which are almost always indicators of a...

I don't know where you are from so you may or may not have this feature in your own language:Because French has noun genders (masculine and feminine), French schoolchildren learn all their nouns with the article, for example "le nez", "la bouche", so they always know what gender the word has....

How can I get rid of this problem friends?Some students find it easier to study them in groups by the adverbial particle, not by the main verb. Thus, instead of practicing turn up, turn down, turn around, turn over, turn in, etc. all at once, practice show up, turn up, wind up, pop up, jump...

This Post:256204 may or may not be useful, as it is on a similar topic, but not the exact same one. Check it out, noting later in the same thread: "There are a number of particles (up, down, in, out, on, off, away, back) which should make us very suspicious that we are dealing with a...

Sorry; I misspoke in my earlier post. Take care of is not a phrasal verb, it is just a verb phrase, a verbal idiom.Phrasal verbs consist of a verb + particle (adverb, preposition) which behave as a syntactic unitMake up (= invent) is a phrasal verb, and cannot take an internal adverb: Make up...