Phrasal Verbs Phrasal Verbs - Phrasal verb is a phrase (such as take off or look down on) that combines a verb with a preposition or adverb or both and that functions as a verb whose meaning is different from the combined meanings of the individual words. (source: merriam-webster)
Phrasal Verbs - A phrasal verb consists of a verb and a preposition or adverb that modifies or changes the meaning; 'give up' is a phrasal verb that means 'stop doing' something, which is very different from 'give'. The word or words that modify a verb in this manner can also go under the name particle.
- Phrasal verbs can be divided into groups:
- Intransitive verbs
- These don't take an object
- They had an argument, but they've made up now.
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Phrasal Verbs - Inseparable verbs
- The object must come after the particle.
- They are looking after their grandchildren.
- Separable verbs
- With some separable verbs, the object must come between the verb and the particle:
- The quality of their work sets them apart from their rivals.
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Phrasal Verbs - In English a phrasal verb is the combining of two or three words from different grammatical categories — a verb and a particle, such as an adverb or a preposition — to form a single semantic unit on a lexical or syntactic level. Examples: turn down, run into. There are tens of thousands of them, and they are in everyday, constant use. These semantic units cannot be understood based upon the meanings of the individual parts but must be taken as a whole. In other words, the meaning is non-compositional and thus unpredictable.
- Huddleston, Rodney; Quirk, Randolph; Greenbaum, Sidney; Leech, Geoffrey; Svartvik, Jan (June 1988). "A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language". Language. 64 (2): 345. doi:10.2307/415437. ISSN 0097-8507. JSTOR 415437.
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