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The list isn't meant to be exhaustive or carefully arranged. Any additions, corrections or further examples would be welcomed. 1 main verbs; lexical verbs (all verbs which are not auxiliaries or modals) 2 action verbs; event verbs; dynamic verbs (a verb which can be used...

. 1.-- I would guess that there are several ways to approach this; here's mine: I - Subject got - verb used - predicate adjective to - preposition your - possessive adjective being - gerund (object of preposition) here - noun complement 2. Is 'used to' a prepositional...

I got used to your being here. 1. How would this sentence be parsed? 2. Is 'used to' a prepositional verb? 3. How does 'here', which is an adverb, modify 'being', which is a gerund (noun)? 4. What if 'your' was replaced with 'you', would the...

all the way home is an adverbial phrase indicating during/along the entire trip/path/way to their home . It is a curious mix of adverb of place (path, actually) and adverb of time (period, actually). Individually, all is an adverb of degree (how much of the way ?), the way is an article and noun...

What you call a "phrasal verb with a preposition" doesn't seem correct. A verb-plus-preposition structure like expand on is usually called a prepositional verb. Only a verb-plus-adverb structure like catch on is usually called a phrasal verb. These are the terms I'll use below. ...

Dear teachers, Would you please help me to solve this problem? Example 1 : I have been looking for you everywhere. "Parsing" = sentence analysis (correct use ?) Form + Function : I = Noun Phrase = subject have been looking = Verb Phrase = transitive verb for you = Prepositional Phrase you =...

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...

All prepositional verbs take prepositional objects. True. But what do we do with ambi-structural "looked after"? They looked (DO) What evidence is there that speakers don't parse "look after" as a unit and "the sheep" as its direct object? It seems all too neat 'n tidy to lump verbs...

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: ...

1. "Worse" is the comparative of "bad" while "worst" is the superlative. bad-worse-the worst His new movie is worse than his last. Your cooking is getting worse! (compared to before) Among his movies, the newest one is the worst. This is the worst of all! 2. I'm reproducing...