I know "idiom" means "a group of words having unique meaning compared to the meaning of individual word in the group". Similarly, "phrasal verb" which is a combination of "verb + adverb or preposition or

Hello everyone, Would anyone mind having a read through my answers below to see if i'm on the right tracks? I'm looking at the meaning/function and form of the sentence/underlined words! With many thanks!! Fiona is very

Vincent Teo, She drove home happily is perfectly acceptable. * She drove to home happily is abnormal - home is both point in place and direction adverb, so the preposition makes the phrase grammatically redundant. She drove back home happily is

If so, I mean if it is a phrasal verb, then, shouldn't it be expressed like this: "Made in Japan, Sold on in Britain"? No. Have you looked up "sold on"?

If so, I mean if it is a phrasal verb, then, shouldn't it be expressed like this: "Made in Japan, Sold on in Britain"?

I'm waiting for your explanations on the use of "on" with "Britain" after "sold". It's a play on words. It's about how people who were born in Japan ("made" in Japan) live and work happily in

When it comes to preposition, I always feel uncomfortable. By reading sentences with ' in or on or of ', I intuitively guess the meaning of sentence. (although, sometimes there are phrasal verbs which have totally different

Yes; in fact, you must use the single-word preposition 'fit into ' or the phrasal verb 'fit in with '.

An Idiom is a group of words whose meaning is different from the meaning of the individual words. For example  Anyone in her shoes would have done the same thing. In somebody's shoes means in somebody's situation While phrasal verbs are a

What did I run up? A huge telephone bill/ But you didn't literally run UP it, did you? You're probably much larger physically than the telephone bill, however large the amount of money you owe is. I'm just teasing you. The reason