Is it grammatically correct to use all the phrasal verbs in the following sentence?
1) A rumour put about/got about/got abroad/went forth/got out that the prince was dead.

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Is it grammatically correct to use all the phrasal verbs in the following sentence?
1) A rumour put about/got about/got abroad/went forth/got out that the prince was dead.
Where are you finding these possibilities?
Typoman - writer of rongs
Piscean wants to know where you have seen the phrases you listed.
I am not a teacher.
In the grammar book written by P K DE Sarkar. But in that book, different examples are given using the phrases mentioned in #1. I have given those examples with their meaning as given in that book below,
put about- Spreading rumours
e.g. I hear many stories that are being put about.
got about- Spread
e.g. A rumour got about that he was ill.
got abroad- became public
e.g.The secret got abroad.
went forth- became public
e.g. A rumour went forth that he was ill.
get out- become public
e.g. The secret will soon get out.
Last edited by Barman; 29-Oct-2020 at 19:26.
To me they all seem grammatically correct. However, put about is very old-fashioned. It is never used these days in my dialect. Went forth also seems outdated and possibly ecclesiastical.