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what are prepositional verbs

Answer 1

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Answer 2

• English traditional grammar, a phrasal verb is the combination 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.[1] Examples: turn down, run into, sit up. 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 alone, but must be taken as a whole. In other words, the meaning is non-compositional and thus unpredictable.Phrasal verbs that include a preposition are known as prepositional verbs and phrasal verbs that include a particle are also known as particle verbs. Additional alternative terms for phrasal verb are compound verb, verb-adverb combination, verb-particle construction, two-part word/verb or three-part word/verb (depending on the number of particles) and multi-word verb.
• Phrasal verbs are differentiated from other classifications of multi-word verbs and free combinations by criteria based on idiomaticity, replacement by a single-word verb, wh-question formation and particle movement.
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• There are at least three main types of phrasal verb constructions depending on whether the verb combines with a preposition, a particle, or both.[6] The phrasal verb constructions in the following examples are in bold.
• Verb + preposition (prepositional verbs)[7]
• When the element is a preposition, it is the head of a full prepositional phrase and the phrasal verb is thus prepositional. These phrasal verbs can also be thought of as transitive and non-separable; the complement follows the phrasal verb.
• a. Who is looking after the kids? – after is a preposition that introduces the prepositional phrase after the kids.
• b. They picked on nobody. – on is a preposition that introduces the prepositional phrase on nobody.
• c. I ran into an old friend. – into is a preposition that introduces the prepositional phrase into an old friend.[8]
• d. She takes after her mother. – after is a preposition that introduces the prepositional phrase after her mother.
• e. Sam passes for a linguist. – for is a preposition that introduces the prepositional phrase for a linguist.
• f. You should stand by your friend. – by is a preposition that introduces the prepositional phrase by your friend
• Verb + particle (particle verbs)
• When the element is a particle, it cannot (or no longer) be construed as a preposition, but rather is a particle because it does not take a complement.[9] These verbs can be transitive or intransitive. If they are transitive, they are separable.
• a. They brought that up twice. – up is a particle, not a preposition.
• b. You should think it over. – over is a particle, not a preposition.
• c. Why does he always dress down? – down is a particle, not a preposition.
• d. You should not give in so quickly. – in is a particle, not a preposition.
• e. Where do they want to hang out? – out is a particle, not a preposition.
• f. She handed it in. – in is a particle, not a preposition.
• Verb + particle + preposition (particle-prepositional verbs)
• Many phrasal verbs combine a particle and a preposition. Just as for prepositional verbs, particle-prepositional verbs are not separable.
• a. Who can put up with that? – up is a particle and with is a preposition.[10]
• b. She is looking forward to a rest. – forward is a particle and to is a preposition.
• c. The other tanks were bearing down on my Panther. – down is a particle and on is a preposition.
• d. They were really teeing off on me. – off is a particle and on is a preposition.
• e. We loaded up on snacks. – up is a particle and on is a preposition
• f. Susan has been sitting in for me. – in is a particle and for is a preposition.
• The aspect of these types of verbs that unifies them under the single banner phrasal verb is the fact that their meaning cannot be understood based upon the meaning of their parts taken in isolation: the meaning of pick up is distinct from pick; the meaning of hang out is not obviously related to hang.
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