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

Love should be died for is a highly irregular turn of phrase that comes from One should die for love . It's treating die for as a prepositional verb. It's not the passive form of die , but of die for , which is a highly suspect "verb". Note that

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

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

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

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the issue of phrasals that are 'verb + prep' aren't an issue for me One point I was trying to make is that (the way I look at it) there is no such thing as "a phrasal that is 'verb + prep'". If a preposition is involved, then the verb plus that

Hi people! What would you call the following verbs? Phrasal prepositional verbs, phrasal verbs, three word phrasal verbs, or just phrasals plus a preposition? Put up with = TOLERATE. Stand up for = DEFEND.. Catch up with = DISCOVER

Hi, I'm a new member on the forum. My name's Michal and I'm from Poland. I've been learning descriptive grammar of Enlgish lately. Reading LONGMAN Grammar of Spoken and Written English , I've come across a couple of problems which are hard