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Phrasal-prepositional verbs are a small group of multi-word verbs made from a verb plus another word or words. Many people re- fer to all multi-word verbs as phrasal verbs. We make a distinc- tion between three types of multi-word verbs: prepositional verbs, phrasal verbs and phrasal-prepositional verbs. We will look at
phrasal-prepositional verbs.
Phrasal-prepositional verbs are made of: verb + adverb + prepo- sition
II Prepositional Verbs
Look at these examples of phrasal-prepositional verbs:
phrasal -prepositional verbs
get on with
put up with
look forward to
run out of
meaning
have a friendly relationship with
tolerate
anticipate with pleasure
use up, exhaust
examples
He doesn't get on with
I won't put up with
I look forward to
We have run out of
direct ob ject
his wife.
your atti -tude.
seemg you.
eggs.
Because phrasal-prepositional verbs end with a preposition, there is always a direct object. And, like prepositional verbs, phrasal- prepositional verbs cannot be separated. Look at these examples:
phrasal We prepositional
verbs are inseparable
ran fuel. o u t
of
We ran it. out
of
