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Is it correct to change the common structure in these phrasal verbs? I just wonder about the first bullet point because things like 'turn off the motorway' can never be 'turn the motorway off'. For something like 'cut down the tree', I might say, 'cut the tree down', but perhaps that's better connected to bullet point 2. |
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May 5 |
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Why are prepositions out of place with many phrasal verbs? @tylerharms That wasn't intentional, though I was trying to encompass a broad spectrum. |
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May 5 |
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Why are prepositions out of place with many phrasal verbs? @BraddSzonye I think a phrasal word qualifies as a word, otherwise I wouldn't have used etymology. |
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May 5 |
accepted | Why are prepositions out of place with many phrasal verbs? |
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May 3 |
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Why are prepositions out of place with many phrasal verbs? @tylerharms I agree. After thinking about this some more, maybe each stylish flourish was thought up in its own right and is meant to be connected to something. For example, 'burnt up into the sky' because hot air rises, or 'came up'/'came down' because friends live up or down in elevation from one another. |
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May 3 |
asked | Why are prepositions out of place with many phrasal verbs? |
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Oct 25 |
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How do I write certain IPA sounds using Gregg Shorthand? added 147 characters in body |
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Oct 24 |
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How do I write certain IPA sounds using Gregg Shorthand? added 356 characters in body |
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Oct 24 |
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How do I write certain IPA sounds using Gregg Shorthand? @BarrieEngland I've restricted my answer to English. Gregg Shorthand is for English. It would be nice to fork it onto Linguistics, though. Is it possible to fork? |
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Oct 24 |
asked | How do I write certain IPA sounds using Gregg Shorthand? |
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Oct 10 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Sep 3 |
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Disambiguating of dialogue ...thinking, '"squid-fried" what?' |
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Sep 3 |
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Disambiguating of dialogue @TimLymington Pauses are optional when reading a period. Ellipses points and sentence-ending punctuation marks are read with a pause. The first halves are defined by the second halves. Sometimes adjectives are missed, in speech, and re-inserted into a sentence at the end. To indicate that the adjective is out of place, a comma is used. Punchline humor works with an ellipse, but if you feel it is unclear, write {pause}, instead. I don't think that people will take the latter meaning if you write 'Have you eaten squid fried?' I think they will stare agape, in want for an object... |
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Sep 3 |
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What term describes enjambment alluding to a taboo word? @Zairja I agree that verbal misdirection is compatible. I'll keep looking, also. I've asked several English teachers, already. If neither of us can find anything, we should make a submission to Webster. :) |
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Sep 3 |
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What term describes enjambment alluding to a taboo word? @coleopterist Hahahaha. No. I hope I don't get ~ Toads are really slimy. I saw them at the port. I touched one that was stinky and got genital ~ warning on the label; touring on a bus; soaring on an airplane; I'll leave you in the dust. ^^ |
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Sep 2 |
answered | How to punctuate a quoted rhetorical interrogative sentence that ends a declarative sentence? |
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Sep 2 |
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Double “whom” sounds clunky, but is correct? I agree and would even take this a step further to say: don't use "whom". Save it for poetry. 'Whom' is a holier-than-thou thing to say, anymore. In fact, try to avoid saying anything the Creoles don't say. Some say words like 'color' are bastardized English. Others will argue, and much more eloquently, I feel, that this kind of word is the result of segregation and classism. The international community seems to lean towards American English in its standards. It's easier, it's humbler, and it incorporates a more racially diverse population, which is what 'Lingua Franca' is all about. |
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Sep 2 |
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“Parametrise” or “parameterise” a curve? True that. I'd go with parameterize, ordinarily, because parameter is the root word, making it more clear. If I were feeling lazy, I'd go with parametrize. |
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Sep 2 |
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What term describes enjambment alluding to a taboo word? added 270 characters in body (Changed logical path for not using enjambment due to confusion between enjambment and elision.) |
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Sep 2 |
answered | Disambiguating of dialogue |
