By Prepositions, Phrasal verbs

Re: Fill-up or Fill-out

Thanks Nona! Does it soudn weird to you because fill UP is usually associated with containers? For example, fill up the bucket, fill up your glass, fill up your tank/car. I would like to know how native speakers interpret the preposition 'in' in this phrasal verb. Thanks in advanve ...

Re: rushing on my time?

Hi, With the preposition ,I have come across on here,in here 'On here' sounds a bit odd to me,although by using a phrasal verb that includes 'on', you can say things like 'What is going on here?' You can certainly say things like 'Please come in here'. Are...

Re: move to my next door

I agree with GG. Moved (in) next door to me. I dont' agree that settle is an appropriate word here. We don't use settle to refer directly to moving house - it is more to do with moving area. If you moved from Number 2 to Number 4 Lilac Road, you wouldn't talk about having settled...

Re: phrasal verb

.No. A phrasal verb is a verb plus a preposition or adverb which creates a meaning different from the original verb.

Re: preposition+obj pronoun+?

Hi, I know that many people use this type of sentence " I team up with a boy doing 5 subjects" (participle) And " I team up with a boy who does 5 subjects"(relative pronoun) Yes. You can also say 'I team up with a boy who is doing 5 subjects. But Can one say? : "I...

Re: I am looking forward to (meet / meeting)? you

.There must be some way to alert non-native speakers that native teachers of English and trained ESLs generally know what they are talking about.Did you read this thread, Anon? Do we really have to waste our energies repeating ourselves over and over?Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Sometimes I...

Re: cheering on/for my favorite Formosan baseball team

cheer on is a (separable) phrasal verb.to cheer on the team; to cheer the team on; to cheer them on. cheer for is a normal verb with a preposition.to cheer for the team.on has the sense of encouragement of continuing forward motion. to cheer on; to urge on; to egg on. for has the sense of being...

Re: sell out vs sell out of

Hi folks, I certainly have no intention of hijacking this thread from Tuong Van. However, there seems to be a miscommunication, which must be of my own doing. Please allow me to reset this by explaining what I think was happening: First, I stated that 'sell out of' was good with...

Re: "to get on my cell"

Kevin X wrote:Hi, When one says, "I got on my cell and called home," does it mean: 1. I turned my cell on and called home. OR 2. I used my cell to call home. What confuses me is whether the "on" here is an adverb (as in a phrasal verb like )? Thanks a lot!In AmEng, we use "on the phone" as much...

"to get on my cell"

Hi, When one says, "I got on my cell and called home," does it mean: 1. I turned my cell on and called home. OR 2. I used my cell to call home. What confuses me is whether the "on" here is an adverb (as in a phrasal verb like )? Thanks a lot!