So if I understood you well, Casiopea, in sentence analysis a preposition or an adverb following a verb is never part of the verb phrase but always starts a new sentence element, right ?
Second, how can I know when a word is a preposition or an adverb; a conjunction or an adverb ? You must have explained these things to me before, but my brain "fait un blocage" (how do you say that in English) whenever I deal with these points of grammar.
Third, how do you distinguish a phrasal verb from a prepositional verb? Does it have something to do with the position of the object that may follow them? If an object cannot be inserted between the verb and its particle it is called a prepositional verb and when it must be inserted between the 2 parts of speech it's a phrasal verb?
Sorry to ask always the same questions...
Héla