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Beth Young <[log in to unmask]>
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Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:30:25 -0400
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I guess I would call any multi-word verb a phrasal verb, whether it used adverb-like words or preposition-like words.  Is there another, better descriptor for them?  "Phrasal verb" confuses my students sometimes because it is similar to "verb phrase" (i.e., created by T + m + (be + -ing) + (have + -en) + MV).  

Beth

>>> "Veit, Richard" <[log in to unmask]> 3/24/2009 10:58 AM >>>
I have another question for ATEGers. A phrasal verb typically consists of a verb-word and a preposition-word. But what about those two-word predicates such as "look forward" and "put forth" where the second word is neither a preposition-word nor separable from the verb-word? Do we call them "phrasal verbs" as well?

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