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Particles usually have the same form as prepositions | Particles usually have the same form as prepositions | ||
Examples: call sth. off, look sth. up | Examples: call sth. off, look sth. up | ||
Characteristics: | |||
* Particles combine with certain verbs to form non-predictable and mainly idiomatic particle verbs. | |||
* They contrast with prepositions in that they are more flexible: | |||
** 'V Part NP' and 'V NP Part' are both possible (The umpire called off the game., The umpire called the game off) | |||
** For prepositions, only 'V P NP' is possible (The teacher fell off the chair, *The teacher fell the chair off.) | |||
** When the NP is a pronoun, only 'V Pron Part' is possible (The umpire called it off/ *off it.). This ordering is excluded for prepositions (*'V Pron P', *The teacher fell it off.) | |||
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Latest revision as of 12:32, 21 April 2017
Particles usually have the same form as prepositions
Examples: call sth. off, look sth. up
Characteristics:
- Particles combine with certain verbs to form non-predictable and mainly idiomatic particle verbs.
- They contrast with prepositions in that they are more flexible:
- 'V Part NP' and 'V NP Part' are both possible (The umpire called off the game., The umpire called the game off)
- For prepositions, only 'V P NP' is possible (The teacher fell off the chair, *The teacher fell the chair off.)
- When the NP is a pronoun, only 'V Pron Part' is possible (The umpire called it off/ *off it.). This ordering is excluded for prepositions (*'V Pron P', *The teacher fell it off.)