Phrasal Verbs

[ridvann]

Hello,

We have to put the object between the verb and the preposition if the object is a pronoun.

I looked it up in the phone book. (It is wrong)

But I would like to know if it is going to be correct or not when we attach the pronoun with a conjunction such as 'and'.

Stop telling off me and my brother. (It is wrong)

-Stop telling off my brother and me. (Is that ok?)

Thanks...

[Tdol]

I looked it up in the phone book. (It is wrong)

It is correct:

I looked the number up in the phone book.
I looked up the number in the phone book.
I looked it up in the phone book.
I looked up it in the phone book.

[ridvann]

-Stop telling off my brother and me.

What about this?

[jebonfikri]

It is correct:

I looked the number up in the phone book.
I looked up the number in the phone book.
I looked it up in the phone book.
I looked up it in the phone book.

Can you tell me why "I looked up it in the phone book" was wrong?

[ridvann]

We have to put the pronoun in the middle of the pharasal verb.

[ridvann]

Can you please tell me whether it is correct or not?

-Stop telling off my brother and me.

[Barb_D]

Can you please tell me whether it is correct or not?

-Stop telling off my brother and me.

That's fine.

[Tdol]

Can you tell me why "I looked up it in the phone book" was wrong?

Not really- it's a pattern of usage. It's wrong because we don't say it- patterns form and we learn them and pass them on.

[jebonfikri]

Oh.. yeah thanks. So "I looked it up in the phone book" has pattern transitive + particle + preposition. It cannot be change into transitive + particle which has the object after the particle or Intransitive + preposition which is it as the object of up.

[5jj]

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