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MULTI-WORD VERBS
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Multi-word Verb
Presented by Venus and Erica for Morphosyntax class
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What's a multi-word verb?
Multi-vord verbs are made up of a verb and a particle, or sometimes, two particles. They're called PHRASAL VERBS.
Introduction
Prepositional Verbs
Prepositional verb
- Are made up of verb root and a preposition
- prepositional verbs are transitive
- Prepositional verbs can not be separated
- e.g.: I ran into my classmate on my way to class
Phrasal Verbs
Phrasal Verbs
- Are made of a verb root and a particle
- can be eather transitive or intransitive
- can be eather separated or inseparated
- e.g.: Our car broke down on the way home from Tulsa.
Phrasal-Prepositional verbs
Phrasal-prepositional verbs
- They are made up of a verb root, a particle and a preposition.
- Can have transitive or intransitive verbs
- It has to respect the order: V + PART + PREP.
- eg: The attendees grew restless when they learned we had run out of pizza
Function
Many multi-word verbs serve an idiomatic purpose. This means that they should not be taken literally; rather, they have a figurative or metaphorical meaning.
Function
Problem
Examples:
- Run into means “encounter”: I ran into an old friend at the reunion.
- Come by means “visit”: She came by the store this morning.
- Put up with means “tolerate”: I shouldn’t have to put up with this nonsense.
Solution
Solution
You will have to memorize the idiomatic meanings of most multi-word verbs in order to learn how to use them.
Prepositional Verbs
Prepostional Verbs
Phrasal Verbs
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Phrasal Verbs
Phrasal- Prepositional Verbs
Phrasal-Prepositional Verbs
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