Phrasal verb is a group of verbs that has a different meaning of the previous original verb by adding one or more prepositions or adverbs after it. For examples: on , as in, Turn on out , as in, get out after , as in, look after for , as in, look for up , as in, give up The words /on/, /out/, /after/, /for/ or /up/ is called Preposition (see Structure of Preposition in this blog). Those words are used to form phrasal verbs. The uses of the preposition in creating phrasal verbs has their own function. The existance of the prepositions in the phrasal verbs depend on the meaning when they are added behind the original verbs. From many cases I can see that there are two meanings created by adding prepositions at the original verbs, they are; 1.The meaning denotes the direction or place or time . In other words, the addition of preposition there creates adverb of direction or place and adverb of time. We, then, call this type "Nominal Phrasal Verbs". I call like
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