In the sentence: If she fails, she'll go up the wall. Is UP used as a preposition or an adverb? Thank you very much.

The list isn't meant to be exhaustive or carefully arranged. Any additions, corrections or further examples would be welcomed. 1 main verbs; lexical verbs (all verbs which are not auxiliaries or modals) 2 action verbs; event

. 1.-- I would guess that there are several ways to approach this; here's mine: I - Subject got - verb used - predicate adjective to - preposition your - possessive adjective being - gerund (object of preposition) here - noun complement 2. Is

I got used to your being here. 1. How would this sentence be parsed? 2. Is 'used to' a prepositional verb? 3. How does 'here', which is an adverb, modify 'being', which is a gerund (noun)? 4. What if

I've just realized that just as a phrasal verb can be a combination of a verb + preposition OR adverb, a ...... verb (which is not a phrasal verb) can also be followed by a preposition OR adverb. So I shouldn't call it a "prepositional verb".

Sorry Jim, the term "unreal phrasal verb" doesn't exist I've just made it up. What I wanted to do is to make the difference between verbs with an idiomatic meaning (= phrasal verbs) and verbs with a straightforward meaning (name ??) I know

I think maybe one of the other forum members would be better at this terminology. For example, I am not familiar with "unreal phrasal verbs". I would not call the b) sentences prepositional verbs. I would call "to talk someone into

Good morning Jim, So should I call the verbs in sentences (b) "ordinary / plain verbs" or "prepositional verbs" (with a literal sense) as opposed to "phrasal verbs" (= with an idiomatic sense) ? If the prepositional verbs in your list are

Your b) examples are just plain sentences with ordinary verbs. If a verb is not a phrasal verb and not a prepositional verb, then it's "a verb", just like the thousands of them we see in sentences every day! ... we can ... not between a

Dear teachers, I've just realized that just as a phrasal verb can be a combination of a verb + preposition OR adverb, a ...... verb (which is not a phrasal verb) can also be followed by a preposition OR adverb. So I shouldn't call it a