By Phrasal verbs, Verbs

She belted most of a bottle of wine down before dinner had even begun.This is an example sentence provided for the entry on the 'belt down' in a Chamber's guidebook on phrasal verbs. And from what I have learned about Past Perfect, it seems to me that it is ungrammatical that 'had...

1. A good tree __ good fruit. (bring) brings out - I can't think of any phrasal verb with 'bring' that would sound completely natural in the sentence, but the writer of this exercise might be expecting you to choose 'bring forth'. 2. his small income __ his standard of...

Here are some exercises in which I have certain doubts to clear. I have to use a phrasal verb in the correct tense(the hint of which is given in brackets). Please correct me if I am wrong. 1. A good tree __ good fruit. (bring) brings out 2. his small income __ his standard of living....

Hi N2GThe phrasal verbs 'fall through' and 'carry out' are more or less opposite ideas. (But I assume you know that already.)The phrasal verb 'fall through' indicates a failure (i.e. basically not done or carried out). In my opinion, however, 'fall through' does...

Yes, it occasionally happens to me, but not often. Usually it's an unusual new word invented by teenagers. Since I seldom converse with teenagers, it hardly ever happens.As for newspapers, I sometimes come acoss technical terms that are unfamiliar to me.CJ

Have you ever come across words or vocabulary or slang or phrasal verbs in your everyday conversation or in the newspapers or movies or songs that you don't know or understand their meanings that you have to guess? Are there a lot of them you don't know?

a) If we don't work out our problems, they'll hit us with a greater force next time.b) With such a bad English, I'll never be able to get across.c) With such a bad English, I'll never get across.They are all OK. You might want to use this forum to post specific questions about...

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...

She looked over at me.She looked at me.What is the difference? I don't think look over is a phrasal verb, at least my dictionary doesn't list it as one. What do you call it?Thanks.

Hi AvangiSure poetry is OK, but the "Not only" sentence in question doesn't seem to have been intended to be either poetic or particularly formal.The thing is, pronouns sometimes have "restrictions" that nouns simply don't have. Just think about phrasal verbs. For...