diamondcutter
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(1) Phrasal verbs are not unique to English, but they are different enough from verbs in many languages of the world, and common enough in English, to pose a significant learning challenge. Perhaps the most challenging dimension is in the meaning, for while there is some semantic systematicity, there's still enough idiomaticity to cause difficulty for students.
(2) Furthermore, the meaning of idiomatic phrasal verbs is not only obscure, it is often deceptive because while one expects to be able to figure out the meaning because the words look so familiar, knowing the meaning of the parts does not necessarily aid comprehension. In other words, part of the challenge of a phrasal verbs is recognizing when you're dealing with compositional as opposed to noncompositional meaning.
Source: The Grammar Book--An ESL/EFL Teacher’s Course, the second edition, Marianne Celce-Murcia and Diane Larsen-Freeman
It seems that the second sentence has a mistake because the while-clause doesn’t have a main clause. I’d like to know whether “knowing” should be changed to “and they will know”.
(2) Furthermore, the meaning of idiomatic phrasal verbs is not only obscure, it is often deceptive because while one expects to be able to figure out the meaning because the words look so familiar, knowing the meaning of the parts does not necessarily aid comprehension. In other words, part of the challenge of a phrasal verbs is recognizing when you're dealing with compositional as opposed to noncompositional meaning.
Source: The Grammar Book--An ESL/EFL Teacher’s Course, the second edition, Marianne Celce-Murcia and Diane Larsen-Freeman
It seems that the second sentence has a mistake because the while-clause doesn’t have a main clause. I’d like to know whether “knowing” should be changed to “and they will know”.
