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.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 = TuringV = does and will...reston what is a prepositional verb complement (or rest on is a phrasal verb with what as direct object)

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...

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

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...