No. Each adjective takes its own (different) preposition. When you switch to the verbals, you have new problems. They don't work in parallel. You have respect for X. You can devote the next four hours to homework. You can devote yourself to

I know "idiom" means "a group of words having unique meaning compared to the meaning of individual word in the group". Similarly, "phrasal verb" which is a combination of "verb + adverb or preposition or

Hello everyone, Would anyone mind having a read through my answers below to see if i'm on the right tracks? I'm looking at the meaning/function and form of the sentence/underlined words! With many thanks!! Fiona is very

Sometimes it helps to convert a question to a declarative sentence, as you try to figure out the tense of the verb. Ask yourself what the subject of the clause is. Are there more than one? Is the subject singular or plural? The tree is what

Vincent Teo, She drove home happily is perfectly acceptable. * She drove to home happily is abnormal - home is both point in place and direction adverb, so the preposition makes the phrase grammatically redundant. She drove back home happily is

Dear Walter, thank you for this interesting question. First of all, blurred should be analysed in connection with being since being blurred is a non-finite complex verb phrase. The meaning of this part of the sentence is obviously passive;

If so, I mean if it is a phrasal verb, then, shouldn't it be expressed like this: "Made in Japan, Sold on in Britain"? No. Have you looked up "sold on"?

If so, I mean if it is a phrasal verb, then, shouldn't it be expressed like this: "Made in Japan, Sold on in Britain"?

I'm waiting for your explanations on the use of "on" with "Britain" after "sold". It's a play on words. It's about how people who were born in Japan ("made" in Japan) live and work happily in

When it comes to preposition, I always feel uncomfortable. By reading sentences with ' in or on or of ', I intuitively guess the meaning of sentence. (although, sometimes there are phrasal verbs which have totally different