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Hello can you please tell me what a phrasal verb is and what a prepositional verb isand what what are the differences between the twoThank you very much

I'm happy to read this, because this was the only one I got wrong! @Fandorin: Could you please double-check numbers 4 and 10? (the text, I mean, not the answer). Thanks!

Hi there. There is a quiz from book "Grammar and vocabulary for First Certificate", preparing for the ESOL First Certificate in English (FCE) (Cambridge University) . It's extracted from one module, devoted to Phrasal Verbs : take. It implies upper-intermediate level. I hope it...

This is a function, not a part of speech. That is, there is no such thing as a part of speech called a "predicate adjective". Most of your examples are nouns functioning as adjectives within a compound noun structure. If you need to know these for a class, check with the teacher or...

Hi,Ellisa.E3, Extending word use Words have different meanings according to different contexts as well as different usages. Words also can also be used as metaphorical meanings to express our feelings about things which creates images gradually. Even some metaphors...

Hello teachers!I'm summarising my texts book and it's not easy to make grammatically right sentences.Please check the wrong grammar for me.Thanks in advance!!! E3, Extending word use Words have different meanings according to different contexts as well as different...

Yes. why and not sentential adverbs as discussed above. As above, out is a phrasal verb particle.CJ

give up is a phrasal verb, yes. I would not call up in give up a modifier. I am not familiar with a verb give down. "Adverb" is a sort of catch-all category and some grammarians call the phrasal verb particles like up and down adverbs. CJ

Hi,I was wondering if someone could help me. I have to analyse the grammar in this sentence:Verterbrates are born looking like small versions of their parents.Are there two clauses? i.e.1. "Vertebrates are born..." and2. "...looking like small versions of their parents."or is...

Hey there,Guys, you know what? I've been studying English for so many years, I've read so many grammar books, I've been consulting lots of smaller and bigger issues concerning grammar... and still (sic) there are things that drive me crazy :( Take a look at this one:1. the present...