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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". What do we call it then? A phrasal verb is a...

Sorry Jim, the term "unreal phrasal verb" doesn't exist I've just made it up. What I wanted to do is to make the difference between verbs with an idiomatic meaning (= phrasal verbs) and verbs with a straightforward meaning (name ??) I know though that in grammar we call "phrasal verbs" verbs...

I think maybe one of the other forum members would be better at this terminology. For example, I am not familiar with "unreal phrasal verbs". I would not call the b) sentences prepositional verbs. I would call "to talk someone into something" a causative -- conceptually. The grammatical...

Good morning Jim, So should I call the verbs in sentences (b) "ordinary / plain verbs" or "prepositional verbs" (with a literal sense) as opposed to "phrasal verbs" (= with an idiomatic sense) ? If the prepositional verbs in your list are separable is it not because they have a literal meaning...

Your b) examples are just plain sentences with ordinary verbs. If a verb is not a phrasal verb and not a prepositional verb, then it's "a verb", just like the thousands of them we see in sentences every day! ... we can ... not between a verb and a preposition ... This is false. There...

Dear teachers, 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". What do we call it then? eg 1: a)...

They set a riot off seems acceptable, even though our preference seems to be for They set off a riot. (Note the article.) Here it is the selectional criteria that may be interfering. Substitute bomb for riot, and both They set off a bomb and They set a bomb off are fine, neither seeming to be...

They set a riot off seems acceptable, even though our preference seems to be for They set off a riot. (Note the article.) Here it is the selectional criteria that may be interfering. Substitute bomb for riot, and both They set off a bomb and They set a bomb off are fine, neither seeming to be...

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. In...

It depends on which of the standard test patterns you want to accept as grammatical. *Yesterday we had to put up with mostquitos, and the day before up with flies. Here the clear ungrammaticality of the sentence shows that "put up" is a unit. ?Yesterday we had to put up with mosquitos, and...