We‘re keeping an open mind about the causes of the fire. listen A search in NOW corpus for: _VV _AT _JJ _NN _RP *note that particles and prepositions are sometimes incorrectly tagged. 1 TAKE THE EASY WAY OUT 761 (C1) You didn’t take the easy way out. listen 2 VISITED THE RIVAL NATION IN 734 3 TAKING THE EASY WAY OUT 465 4 KEEP […]
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At C2 in the English Vocabulary Profile: work out = to understand something or to find the answer to something by thinking about it A search in NOW corpus for which ‘question words’ follow phrasal verbs: work out _*Q 1 WORK OUT HOW 12286 Just give us five minutes, Mr Poirot, and I‘m sure we‘ll be able to work out how you did it. listen 2 WORK OUT WHAT: I
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In the English Grammar Profile, C2 point 62 in the category of VERBS is defined as: direct object with some prepositional verbs as well as an object of the preposition. *As with other phrasal verb grammar points, this one is also best dealt with through the EVP. For example, here is C2 grammar and C2
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come up with.
look out for.
watch out for.
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B2 increasing range of verb + particle + preposition + noun or pronoun.
English Grammar Profile point 49 in VERBS/phrasal-prepositional.
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‘Along’ is a preposition or an adverb. In the iWeb corpus the tagging by part of speech: 1 ALONG WITH (II21) 1742449 (two-part complex prepositional phrase) Within the next forty-eight hours, you, along with the rest of the Wizarding World, will choose our next great leader. listen 2 ALONG (II) 812587 4 ALONG (RP) 476307 6 ALONG (RR) 11996
There are 9 similar points across the English Grammar Profile in the category of VERBS covering phrasal verbs across the levels. And the differentiation between the levels becomes difficult to interpret since it is more about the vocabulary. For this reason, the English Vocabulary Profile is probably more beneficial even though the logic of what
1 AWAY (RL) 3176947 3 AWAY (II21) 411361 5 AWAY (RR22) 51010 7 AWAY (JJ) 17013 9 AWAY (RP) 3475 10 AWAY (RR44) 1674
1 BACK (RP) 6374291 3 BACK (NN1) 1521907 7 BACK (VVI) 95994 13 BACK (VV0) 23213 20 BACK (JJ) 11650 30 BACK (II32) 4078
1 (RP) ‘off’ is an adverb particle most often and often appears followed by punctuation, a preposition or conjunction. 4 OFF (II) 1161417 PHRASES: 5 OFF of (II21) 6 ‘OFF’ is found as an adjective before a noun. ‘off season’. (JJ%) 8 OFF (JJ22) 31880 11 OFF (RR21) 15526 1 IT (PPH1) OFF (RP)
1 AROUND (II) 2642412 2 AROUND (RP) 2001519 1 BEEN (VBN) AROUND (RP) FOR (IF) 57254 2 WAY (NN1) AROUND (RP) . (.) 26838 3 TIME (NNT1) AROUND (RP) . (.) 23802 4 TIME (NNT1) AROUND (RP) , (,) 22216 5 PLAY (VVI) AROUND (RP) WITH (IW) 20354 6 PLAYING (VVG) AROUND (RP) WITH (IW)
The word ‘across’ is most often a preposition. It can also be a locative adverb or adverb particle. Often the meaning is ‘opposite’: We‘ll be right across from you. listen Tagging doesn’t always get it right. THIS IS NOT A PHRASAL VERB (come across something). For example: Police think the single shot came from across the street. listen 1 (II) As a preposition, ‘across’ precedes
1 FIND (VVI) OUT (RP) 628420 2 CHECK (VV0) OUT (RP) 625025 3 FIGURE (VVI) OUT (RP) 394099 4 GOING (VVG) ON (RP@) 375296 5 SET (VVI) UP (RP) 339323 6 END (VVI) UP (RP) 307480 7 GO (VVI) BACK (RP) 305333 8 SET (VVN) UP (RP) 297897 9 FIND (VV0) OUT (RP) 292696 10
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We use claws7 tagging software to analyze the part of speech of ‘over’. Claws7 is used in iWeb corpus so it is easy to also look for examples. I go_VV0 over_RP the_AT bridge_NN1 ._. (if lexical verb before then ‘over’ is a particle, regardless if followed by a noun or prepositional phrase) I go_VV0 over_RP
In this post, we do a search in the iWeb corpus for how ‘about’ is tagged: 1 ABOUT (II) 22037137 simple preposition * * about_II * * 1 YOU THINK ABOUT IT, 14959 If you think about it, we‘re constantly coming out to people, so really you should be good at it. listen 2 DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. 10723 3 . ABOUT THE AUTHOR 9220 4 . ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Down can be used in many ways! The most common is following a verb as an adverb or preposition particle. 1 DOWN (RP) 6295531 4 DOWN (II) 388611 5 DOWN (RP_NN1%) 74762 6 DOWN (NN1) 69979 7 DOWN (RL22) 67905 9 DOWN (RP_VV0%) 43485 10 DOWN (JJ) 39955
1 OUT (RP) Out is most common as a particle: A search in Now corpus for: * * out_RP * * 1 CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT 100063 Gentlemen, we can find out more about a man by his dreams. listen 2 BY FILLING OUT THIS FORM 50797 3 TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT 32803 4 TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO 29116 5 TO GO
Here are over a dozen ways that the word ‘up’ is used in English. Firstly, ‘up’ is most commonly used as a part of phrasal verbs. 1 UP (RP) adverb particle: 1 SET UP 1105960 Well, I suppose I‘d set up a meeting with the State Committee for Scientific Research in Moscow. listen 2 IT UP 713509 1 PICK IT UP 40589 We just need him to pick it up, and then I can lift the print using this 3D laser scanner. listen
The preposition “by” has several meanings in English, depending on the context. Here are some common ones:
It can mean “beside” or “next to” when used with a place, such as “by the window” or “by the sea”.
It can show the person or thing that does something, such as “written by Shakespeare” or “made by hand”.
It can show how or in what way something is done, such as “by car” or “by mistake”.
It can mean “not later than” when used with a time, such as “by tomorrow” or “by 5 pm”.
