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Thanks, AlpheccaStars. But the original (from an English magazine) omits "being," so I wonder whether it's better to have "being" or not. Btw, are there any differences between "he would end up stuck ..." and "he would be stuck ...?"

The correct form is "being stuck".The reason is that the phrasal verb "end up" needs a noun for a direct object.. "being" is a gerund, which is used as a noun. Examples from the dictionary are:He thought he'd end up living in the city. He ended up marrying his...

Let's take this one step at a time:We listen to Fagin. --> This is a complete sentence (main clause); "listen to" is the phrasal verb, and Fagin is the object.But could Fagin be doing? talking, screaming, yelling, running, and so on. For example:Fagin's loud talking drove...

"Pay for" is best described as a phrasal verb. It is transitive, and the direct object is "one". It is an action verb.Definition: Phrasal verbs are idiomatic expressions, combining verbs and prepositions to make new verbs whose meaning is often not obvious from the...

I'm not sure. I don't see it as a strictly phrasal verb as the meaning is not idiomatic. He rests on the bed. He rests in bed. He rests at home. The choice of preposition doesn't seem to change the meaning of "rest". Also I'm not sure about "what" as an object....

.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)

.There must be some way to alert non-native speakers that native teachers of English and trained ESLs generally know what they are talking about.Did you read this thread, Anon? Do we really have to waste our energies repeating ourselves over and over?Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Sometimes I...

Good morning Jim, Some may say that since the meaning of "frighten" doesn't change when we add the adverb "away" so "frighten away" is not a true phrasal verb and the sentence above should be analysed as (a), i.e., He = subject; frighten = verb; the dog = direct object; away = adverbial of...

1-- indicate2-- some particular but here unspecified3-- drugs4-- It is the appropriate preposition: to have an effect on5-- No. Effect is the direct object of the phrasal verb point out. You could recast as: The gov't has pointed out that certain drugs have a bad effect on people...

Aperisic wrote: However!!! If we understood lay by as a phrasal verb then and only then "by" is an adverb. "Lay by" means "set/lay aside". "Lay by" is very rare, so I could say that looking "lay by" in The farmer laid by his crops to mean "set aside" is more a trick than a real explanation....