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1) When we are in class, is it wrong to say ''get out your books'' to the students? Should it be ''get your books out''? Is there a difference? Or is it ''take out your books / take your books out''? Are these separable phrasal verbs?

2) Is it incorrect to say 'what page'? I know we have been taught 'which page are we'' but ''what page are on'' sounds also natural to me?

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    "Get out your books" is normal. "What page?" is normal.
    – Yosef Baskin
    Commented Dec 13, 2019 at 18:18
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    You are on the wrong site. Try English Language Learners.
    – David
    Commented Dec 13, 2019 at 18:22
  • Depends on your local idiom; depends on if you are an English teacher; depends on if English is the pupils' native tongue.
    – Kris
    Commented Dec 14, 2019 at 7:39
  • Technically though, you critic(s) must be right, if only a bit pedantic.
    – Kris
    Commented Dec 14, 2019 at 7:40
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    (1) Both are equally acceptable; "Get your books out" probably lends itself better to emphasis. // (2) Only a pedant would quibble about either usage here.
    – Edwin Ashworth
    Commented Jun 6, 2020 at 11:30

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