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Hello, A phrasal verb is made up of a verb and an adverb. You can have a pronoun between them. A phrasal verb acts as one unit. A pronoun coming between them will not change the meaning of the phrasal verb. There is nothing wrong in having a pronoun between a verb and a preposition. But they...

Magda wrote:Hi Cool Breeze,thanks for the link. So according to it "look after", "look at", "wait on", "wait for" are phrasal verbs. Right?Magda, I am not so sure what each and every one of us wants to call a phrasal verb. I never use that term. The definition behind the link I gave you says the...

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...

Grammar Geek wrote: So "to lay by" is a phrasal verb meaning "to store away"? New vocabulary for me! But anyway, when you have a phrasal verb like that (or like "look up" (as a word in a dictionary) or "write down") - do the prepositions act like normal prepositions, or because they are...

Grammarian-bot wrote: Well thats exactly my question. How would one know when a word like by is used as an adverb and when it's used as a preposition in a phrasal verb? GB Well that is what is the problem in the given example. The rule of thumb for phrasal verbs is if you have an...

The various forms of phrasal verbs Phrasal verbs can be transitive or intransitive, separable or inseparable. The object or accusative can in the cases of separable phrasal verbs be placed before or after the particle. With inseparable phrases, the object/accusative is fixed and its position...

Pronouns (e.g., personal 'him', etc.) are not compatible in that environment. Allow me to explain using an alternative example: A. Hang the phone up. B. Hang it up. In A. and B. the (pro)noun sits next to the verb. That is, it is in close proximity to the head of the phrase it's housed...

Hello Andrei and Casi I hope you don’t mind if I answer both of you at the same time. First, to Andrei: Casi has quite rightly mentioned an oversight in my previous answer. The forms of which these are examples are often found, especially in conversation: 1. ‘Peter was searched for by...