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Learning Phrasal Verbs

Monday June 30, 2008
What are Phrasal Verbs? A phrasal verb consists of a verb and at least one particle which can be a preposition or an adverb. Here are some examples of phrasal verbs: look forward to, get by, put over, think through, etc. There are four types of phrasal verbs. Phrasal verbs can be separable or inseparable and they can take an object or not. This guide to learning phrasal verbs goes into all the details.

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