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Hi, I know that many people use this type of sentence " I team up with a boy doing 5 subjects" (participle) And " I team up with a boy who does 5 subjects"(relative pronoun) Yes. You can also say 'I team up with a boy who is doing 5 subjects. But Can one say? : "I...

I'm trying to think of a prepositional verb that can be split by an object. 1.Call on (visit) 2.Call up (summon) 1. *I called my friends on. 2. I called my friends up. #2 is a phrasal verb. Also, I don't beleive that a phrasal verb can divided by an adverb 1.I call frequently on my...

Try this, Karol: 1) The particle of a prepositional verb must precede the prepositional object, but the particle of a phrasal verb can generally precede or follow the direct object. 2) When the object is a personal pronoun, the pronoun follows the particle of a prepositional verb but precedes...

I guess if you don't know the verb at all, you're stuck, Lana. There are no prescriptive rules, only guidelines. Greenbaum & Quirk list five differences: (1) The particle of a prepositional verb must precede the object, but the particle of a phrasal verb can either precede or follow the...