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

This Post:256204 may or may not be useful, as it is on a similar topic, but not the exact same one. Check it out, noting later in the same thread: "There are a number of particles ( up, down, in, out, on, off, away, back ) which should make

You should read this Post:256204 . Here is just a part of it: There are a number of particles ( up, down, in, out, on, off, away, back ) which should make us very suspicious that we are dealing with a separable phrasal verb, and a number of

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

How to generalize? In the intransitive case there's no choice about placement of the object because there is no object. In the transitive case there are three correct ways to structure the words. pick up the pencil; pick the pencil up;

all the way home is an adverbial phrase indicating during/along the entire trip/path/way to their home . It is a curious mix of adverb of place (path, actually) and adverb of time (period, actually). Individually, all is an adverb of degree (how

They set a riot off seems acceptable, even though our preference seems to be for They set off a riot . (Note the article.) Here it is the selectional criteria that may be interfering. Substitute bomb for riot , and both They set off a bomb and

They set a riot off seems acceptable, even though our preference seems to be for They set off a riot . (Note the article.) Here it is the selectional criteria that may be interfering. Substitute bomb for riot , and both They set off a bomb and

What you call a "phrasal verb with a preposition" doesn't seem correct. A verb-plus-preposition structure like expand on is usually called a prepositional verb. Only a verb-plus-adverb structure like catch on is usually called a phrasal