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is the head of the finance department.In these cases, the pronoun whom is governed by the preposition that comes at the end of the structure. ____ But be careful with phrasal verbs. They have an adverbial particle that sometimes looks like a preposition, and they often have a pronoun in the...

Maybe this is why English is somewhat hard to learn. You can observe that one word could contain many different meanings especially the phrasal verbs e.g. come up/down/out/into etc. when you added these prepositions to COME, the meaning will change. You should know that whatever level of...

I have a feeling you and I are going to flunk AP English.I think A. Stars had good answers for the two previous questions - the phrasal verb explanation: "for" is no longer analyzed as a preposition, but as part of a phrasal verb, which is transitive. ("What kind of a verb is...

"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...

Preposition:I just flashed on (had a sudden mental image of) my first day at the college.Adverb (phrasal verb particle):I just flashed on (turned on a slide projector that showed) my first day at the college._______Statistically, the second meaning is much less likely, in my opinion. It depends...

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....

Teachers, I know the phrasal verb "move in" means to begin to occupy a residence". The problem is when it is used with the preposition "to",Here's the example: With all the tests I went through this past week I feel like I've moved in to the hospital.I get the...

Thank you very much CalifJim. That is what I was interested in. So, when there is no general rule, how can I learn these phrasal verbs? Do I have to learn every combinations of verbs and adverbial particles? Isn't there any simplification? It is quite difficult for me to learn those phrasal...

You are referring, of course, to those adverbial particles that create phrasal verbs. No. There is no general rule. The most common are in, out, on, off, up, down, away, and back. Some of these have more than one core meaning. For example up can suggest wakefulness: I woke up. I am up for...

A-HA! I thought his habit of following people eventually led him into the flow of the people. But actually, the message here is that he followed the crowd, and then he was led to (swept in) the lift, being in the flow of the people (on the tide).Did I get it right now?