pharasal verbs

Status
Not open for further replies.

aliii

Junior Member
Joined
Sep 30, 2011
Member Type
Other
Native Language
Armenian
Home Country
Azerbaijan
Current Location
Turkey
Hello,

This source is from englishpage.com

7. WARNING! Although many phrasal verbs can take an object in both places, you must put the object between the verb and the preposition if the object is a pronoun.

I looked it up in the phone book. correct
I looked up it in the phone book. incorrect

My question is:Are all the pronouns included in this?

For example:
I gave up you anymore
I gave up us anymore
I gave up them anymore
I gave up yours anymore
I gave up mine anymore
I gave up ours anymore
I gave up this anymore
I gave up that anymore
 

Rover_KE

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Jun 20, 2010
Member Type
Retired English Teacher
Native Language
British English
Home Country
England
Current Location
England
The answer to your question is yes, though your examples are all wrong and wouldn't even make sense if you placed the pronoun between the verb and the preposition.

Some correct examples:

'When I come to Albania I'll look you up.'
'He picked us up at the airport.'
'Are you still smoking? I gave that up last year.'
'Is the match still on? No - they've called it off.'
'Are your boots still on? We've taken ours off.'

Rover
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top