There are hundreds, if not thousands, of posts on this subject. Use the search box with the words phrasal and prepositional and you should find lots of information about these. See, in particular, Re: Differ between a preposition and an adverb in

Hello can you please tell me what a phrasal verb is and what a prepositional verb is and what what are the differences between the two Thank you very much

. Hello V878-- and welcome to English Forums. On what does and will the fame of Turing rest? = The fame of Turing rests and will rest on what? S = Turing V = does and will...rest on what is a prepositional verb complement (or rest on is a phrasal

. 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

The tests are listed in this PDF on PHRASAL AND PREPOSiTIONAL VERBS . I'm afraid the tests don't get any simpler.

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

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".

Tell about is one of the 'prepositional verbs', where the prepositional phrase is considered an alternative 'paraphrase' of the direct object . I told her (IO) the facts (DO) I told the facts (DO) to her (prepositional complement) I told her (IO)