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

what is the role (or roles) of the word "about"? Clearly, it's part of the prepositional verb "told about". But is it also (and simultaneously) considered to be a separate entity - a preposition? Given the sentence in isolation (i.e. outside

Thanks; that explanation was very informative. There is one point I'm still unclear about. In the sentence "I told her about the facts," what is the role (or roles) of the word "about"? Clearly, it's part of the prepositional verb "told about".

Here's the relevant definition from that first link. intr.v. verged , verg·ing , verg·es To approach the nature or condition of something specified; come close. Used with on: a brilliance verging on genius. Note the

Hi Cool Breeze I thought that might be what you were getting at. I think it is a mistake to equate complexity solely with the degree of inflectional morphology of a language. I have never studied Finnish, but I would be willing to bet

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