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Appendix C

between the verb and the preposition in a separable phrasal verb.
They may not in a nonseparable phrasal verb.

Nonseparable

Call on: ask someone to speak (I hope the teacher doesn’t call on
me today.)
Catch up with: reach the same level (I couldn’t catch up with
Steve.)
Check into: investigate (Please check into a rented car.)
Get off: disembark from a means of transformation (We start the
meeting as soon as he gets off the airplane.)
Get through: finish (I hope we get through this project by
Monday.)
Get up: arise (She missed the bus because she didn’t get up on
time.)
Go over: review (Please go over my presentation.)
Look into: examine (Could you look into a new telephone system,
please?)
Put up with: tolerate (I can’t put up with this anymore.)
Run into: meet by chance (I ran into my former boss at the mall.)
Run out of: use up (You ran out of printer ink.)
Show up: arrive (The manager will show up any minute.)

Separable
Call back: return a phone call (Please call back Maria. Please call
Maria back.)
Call off: cancel (I called off the meeting. I called the meeting off.)
Clear away: take things away (Please clear away the reports.
Please clear the reports away.)
Cross out: delete by putting a line through it (Please cross out the
last part. Please cross the last part out.)
Do over: repeat (Do over the report. Do the report over.)

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