BobESL
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- Joined
- Dec 2, 2013
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- English
- Home Country
- United States
- Current Location
- United States
My ESL students are learning phrasal verbs. I wish I could give them some rules or methods for distinguishing separable from inseparable phrasal verbs. Of course they do not see much difference between pick up and pick on. Frankly neither do I! Is a phrasal verb's categorization and use as separable or inseparable purely idiomatic/arbitrary?
Thanks, Bob
Thanks, Bob