By Phrasal verbs, Numbers

I agree with GG. Moved (in) next door to me. I dont' agree that settle is an appropriate word here. We don't use settle to refer directly to moving house - it is more to do with moving area. If you moved from Number 2 to Number 4 Lilac Road, you wouldn't talk about having settled...

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...

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...

Thank you Clive. Clive wrote: ((2) I will be soon off from work. So, please ring me up on my mobile number. I will be off work soon, so please ring me on my mobile number. Why I can't use the phrasal verb "ring me up" here? Please help me.

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 them (with, without, by, for, at, across, of, from,...

PRCMINUS wrote:the meaning of "go for" is want Not really. One meaning of the phrasal verb 'go for' is like. 'Go for' has a number of other meanings as well: go for However, these usages do not apply in Gary's sentence. and "go on" is continue Yes, 'go on' can be used as a phrasal verb...

Yes, it is true: about 500,000 and it develops really fast, faster than the others. But this takes into account only the words in the dictionary, so it could be questionable. German is for example one of the languages, in where one word could be created by every individuals complettly new and the...

"Grammar and exercises are only requirements of the syllabus, not of learning a language. Did you learn the grammar of your mother-tongue when you were acquiring it? Most of you may still not know the grammar of your mother-tongue but you speak it effortlessly." If grammar means identifying...

How to generalize? In the intransitive case there's no choice about placement of the object because there is no object. In the transitive case there are three correct ways to structure the words. pick up the pencil; pick the pencil up; pick it up throw out the trash; throw the trash...