Pick up Tom?

Dear all,

I'll pick up Tom at the station.
I'll pick Tom up at the station.

In the sentences above, which word order is better?

When a pronoun is used, I often see "pick ...up" rather than "pick up...", but I'm not sure about the cases of nouns.

Thank you!

OP

Either way is fine.
Note that if you change "Tom" to "him" then only "pick him up" works, not "pick up him."

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Note that if you change "Tom" to "him" then only "pick him up" works, not "pick up him."

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Is this related to any kind of grammar?

'Pick up' is a separable phrasal verb.

See Separable/inseparable phrasal verbs.

Rover