By Prepositional verbs, Pronouns

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...

I'm trying to think of a prepositional verb that can be split by an object. 1.Call on (visit) 2.Call up (summon) 1. *I called my friends on. 2. I called my friends up. #2 is a phrasal verb. Also, I don't beleive that a phrasal verb can divided by an adverb 1.I call frequently on my...

First, allow me to redefine for clarity, Hanuman: Multi-word verbs (verb + particle) are divided into (1) phrasal verbs (verb+adverb) and (2) prepositional verbs (verb + preposition). In both, the particle can be followed by a noun, so you may have trouble distinguishing them that way: They...

Try this, Karol: 1) The particle of a prepositional verb must precede the prepositional object, but the particle of a phrasal verb can generally precede or follow the direct object. 2) When the object is a personal pronoun, the pronoun follows the particle of a prepositional verb but precedes...

I guess if you don't know the verb at all, you're stuck, Lana. There are no prescriptive rules, only guidelines. Greenbaum & Quirk list five differences: (1) The particle of a prepositional verb must precede the object, but the particle of a phrasal verb can either precede or follow the...

I was going to open a new thread about phrasal verbs but then I saw this one and I thought that I could post my question here. I hope you'll be able to answer my question as well, here it is: How can you tell the difference between phrasal and prepositional verbs? I know that phrasal verbs can...

Maj, "turn down" is a phrasal verb. some of its characteristics are different from those of "prepositional verbs". In phrasal verbs, the object -when it is a pronoun- will usually appear between the verb and the adverbial particle. I have to get ready for work now; I'll give you a detailed...