Comments on: Phrasal Verbs http://www.dailywritingtips.com/phrasal-verbs/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:41:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: Kitty Wheat http://www.dailywritingtips.com/phrasal-verbs/comment-page-1/#comment-338877 Kitty Wheat Sat, 04 Dec 2010 00:32:33 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=3847#comment-338877 Precise Edit, Your entry above reminds me of Winston Churchill's famous repartee after he was criticized for ending a sentence with a preposition. I don't remember the exact wording, but, referring to the criticism, he said this is the kind of nonsense "up with which I shall not put," making fun of the newspaper editor who criticized him. You can show your students how awkward the quoted part is when a writer tries to avoid ending a sentence with a preposition, whereas "This is the kind of nonsense I shall not put up with" is a much more natural way of speech. Precise Edit,

Your entry above reminds me of Winston Churchill’s famous repartee after he was criticized for ending a sentence with a preposition. I don’t remember the exact wording, but, referring to the criticism, he said this is the kind of nonsense “up with which I shall not put,” making fun of the newspaper editor who criticized him. You can show your students how awkward the quoted part is when a writer tries to avoid ending a sentence with a preposition, whereas “This is the kind of nonsense I shall not put up with” is a much more natural way of speech.

]]> By: Precise Edit http://www.dailywritingtips.com/phrasal-verbs/comment-page-1/#comment-208843 Precise Edit Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:57:22 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=3847#comment-208843 This brings to mind an interesting discussion I had with students regarding ending sentences with prepositions. They noted that I ended a sentence with a preposition when I said, "I'll look your paper over." (Shame, shame, shame on me!) Nope-"over" is part of the phrasal verb "look over." The Purdue Online Writing Lab has a brief overview of phrasal verbs (so-so) and a great list of samples for various types of phrasal verbs: Separable, Inseparable, and Intransitive. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/630/01/ This brings to mind an interesting discussion I had with students regarding ending sentences with prepositions. They noted that I ended a sentence with a preposition when I said, “I’ll look your paper over.” (Shame, shame, shame on me!) Nope-”over” is part of the phrasal verb “look over.”

The Purdue Online Writing Lab has a brief overview of phrasal verbs (so-so) and a great list of samples for various types of phrasal verbs: Separable, Inseparable, and Intransitive. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/630/01/

]]> By: Rod http://www.dailywritingtips.com/phrasal-verbs/comment-page-1/#comment-208133 Rod Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:45:04 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=3847#comment-208133 I'm a ESL student and teacher and I strongly object to memorization 'cause what you learn by memory is only useful for exams, then you tend to forget what you stop using; So the best way to learn vocabulary, not only phrasal verbs, is to relate them with synonyms, cognates,brands, origins of words and any other reference that helps you overcome language differences. For example "breakfast", If you separate the words you know that break is to stop and fasting is not to eat so that's why that's the word for the first meal in the morning, same as in Spanish des prefix like un or de and ayuno to fast Desayuno. And the best technique like you mentioned is intuition If you say We just ran out of gas I infer from the context that it's over not that someone just ran out of a place. I’m a ESL student and teacher and I strongly object to memorization ’cause what you learn by memory is only useful for exams, then you tend to forget what you stop using; So the best way to learn vocabulary, not only phrasal verbs, is to relate them with synonyms, cognates,brands, origins of words and any other reference that helps you overcome language differences.
For example “breakfast”, If you separate the words you know that break is to stop and fasting is not to eat so that’s why that’s the word for the first meal in the morning, same as in Spanish des prefix like un or de and ayuno to fast Desayuno.
And the best technique like you mentioned is intuition If you say We just ran out of gas I infer from the context that it’s over not that someone just ran out of a place.

]]> By: Aminul Islam Sajib http://www.dailywritingtips.com/phrasal-verbs/comment-page-1/#comment-208081 Aminul Islam Sajib Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:10:57 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=3847#comment-208081 The last line is the most frustrating thing in my English learning journey. I really love writing in English. But, these difficulties are everyday killing me and throwing me away from learning English writing. Still, I try not to stop. At the end of the day, I come up with a wish if I was a native English speaker. The last line is the most frustrating thing in my English learning journey. I really love writing in English. But, these difficulties are everyday killing me and throwing me away from learning English writing.

Still, I try not to stop. At the end of the day, I come up with a wish if I was a native English speaker.

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