There are hundreds, if not thousands, of posts on this subject. Use the search box with the words phrasal and prepositional and you should find lots of information about these. See, in particular, Re: Differ between a preposition and an adverb in

Hello can you please tell me what a phrasal verb is and what a prepositional verb is and what what are the differences between the two Thank you very much

. Hello V878-- and welcome to English Forums. On what does and will the fame of Turing rest? = The fame of Turing rests and will rest on what? S = Turing V = does and will...rest on what is a prepositional verb complement (or rest on is a phrasal

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

PHRASAL VERB = VERB + PREPOSITIONAL VERB

I have summarized various ways of distinguishing between phrasal verbs and prepositional verbs at Post:256204 . CJ

CalifJim wrote: care about is not a phrasal verb. It's a prepositional verb. care about it , never care it about . CJ What is the difference between phrasal verbs and prepositional verbs? Thanks

care about is not a phrasal verb. It's a prepositional verb. care about it , never care it about . CJ

You should read this Post:256204 . Here is just a part of it: 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 separable phrasal verb, and a number of

I've just realized that just as a phrasal verb can be a combination of a verb + preposition OR adverb, a ...... verb (which is not a phrasal verb) can also be followed by a preposition OR adverb. So I shouldn't call it a "prepositional verb".