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Multi-word verb
From Teflpedia
A multi-word verb (MWV) is a verb phrase that consists of a verb plus one or two particles;[1] contrast single-word verb. A MWV may have a adverb as a particle; it may have a preposition or it can have both an adverb and a preposition.
Modern grammar identifies three types of MWVs
Without preposition | With preposition | |
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Without adverb | Single-word verb | Prepositional verb (transitive and inseparable) e.g. "to look after something" |
With adverb | True phrasal verb verb+adverb (intransitive or transitive and separable) e.g.
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phrasal-prepositional verb verb+adverb (always transitive) e.g. "to look forward to something" |