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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". What do we call it then? A phrasal verb is a...

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 though that in grammar we call "phrasal verbs" verbs...

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 something" a causative -- conceptually. The grammatical...

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 separable is it not because they have a literal meaning...

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 verb and a preposition ... This is false. There...

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 "prepositional verb". What do we call it then? eg 1: a)...

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 much of the way?), the way is an article and noun...

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 bomb off are fine, neither seeming to be...

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 bomb off are fine, neither seeming to be...

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 verb. These are the terms I'll use below. In...