Phrasal Verbs

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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?)

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

I looked the number up in the phone book. :tick:
I looked up the number in the phone book. :tick:
I looked it up in the phone book. :tick:
I looked up it in the phone book. :cross:
 
-Stop telling off my brother and me.

What about this?
 
Tdol said:
It is correct:

I looked the number up in the phone book. :tick:
I looked up the number in the phone book. :tick:
I looked it up in the phone book. :tick:
I looked up it in the phone book. :cross:
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Can you tell me why "I looked up it in the phone book" was wrong?
 
We have to put the pronoun in the middle of the pharasal verb.
 
Can you please tell me whether it is correct or not?

-Stop telling off my brother and me.
 
jebonfikri said:
Can you tell me why "I looked up it in the phone book" was wrong?
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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.
 
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.
 
You may find this helpful.
 
NOT A TEACHER


(1) I found these two examples on the Web by someone identified as a "TESOL Online Teacher":

The teacher TOLD OFF the students for not paying attention in class.

The boss is TELLING John OFF now as we speak.

Question: Could we also say "The teacher TOLD the students OFF for being inattentive" and

"The boss is TELLING OFF John at this moment."

Thank you.
 
So, can we construct like that?

-Don't give up yourself.

-Don't give up mine.

Are they ok?
 
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ridvann said:
So, can we construct like that?

-Don't give up yourself.

-Don't give up mine.

Are they OK?
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What context are you using them in?
 
I would just like to know whether all the pronouns contain it or not.
For example:

-It is hard to pick up yourself after that.
 
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ridvann said:
I would just like to know whether all the pronouns contain it or not.
For example:

-It is hard to pick up yourself after that.
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No, that one needs to be "It's hard to pick yourself up after that" to sound natural.
 
TheParser said:
NOT A TEACHER


(1) I found these two examples on the Web by someone identified as a "TESOL Online Teacher":

The teacher TOLD OFF the students for not paying attention in class.

The boss is TELLING John OFF now as we speak.

Question: Could we also say "The teacher TOLD the students OFF for being inattentive" and

"The boss is TELLING OFF John at this moment."

Thank you.
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I say yes and yes.
 
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