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Re: preposition+obj pronoun+?

Clive — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:26:03 GMT

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 team up with a boy do 5 subjects" (???) No.

I believe the "doing" is participle because it's preceded by a noun and not directly after preposition. Think of 'doing 5 subjects' as a shortened form of 'who is doing 5 subjects'. I don't see that it has anything to do with prepositions.

Does this apply to all the sentences with preopositions in this type of context? What preposition are you talking about in your example? The only one I see is 'up', which just part of the phrasal verb 'team up' .

Best wishes, Clive

Re: Prep. verb + prep. object, or V + adverbial PP ??

cacarr — Sun, 06 Mar 2005 20:30:43 GMT

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 friends.

2.*I call angrily up my friends.

A phrasal verb particle can't precede a relative pronoun.

1. On which friends did I call?

2. *Up which friends did I call?

Re: Prepositional or Phrasal Verb?

Mister Micawber — Fri, 03 Dec 2004 14:35:35 GMT

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 the particle of a phrasal verb.

3) An adverb can often be inserted between verb and particle in prepositional verbs, but not in phrasal verbs.

4) The particle of a phrasal verb cannot precede a relative pronoun of 'wh'-interrogative.

5) The particle of a phrasal verb is normally stressed whereas the particle of a prepositional verb is normally unstressed.

(Courtesy of Greenbaum & Quirk)

Re: I have a question about phrasal verbs too

Mister Micawber — Mon, 08 Nov 2004 14:10:38 GMT

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 d.o.

(2) When the object is a personal pronoun, it follows the particle of a prepositonal verb but precedes that of a phrasal verb.

(3) An adverb adjunct can often be inserted between verb and particle of a prepositional verb, but not in the case of a phrasal.

(4) The particle of a phrasal cannot precede a relative pronoun or wh-interrogative.

(5) The particle of a phrasal is normally stressed; that of the prepositional normally unstressed.

Try 'em out, let me know how you like 'em.