yoojin
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Hello, I'm Yoojin. I've come here to get some help for grammar.
I read a grammar book. In the chapter on phrasal verb, it says that if the object is a pronoun that should be put between the (transitive) verb and the adverb. I believed that is also true for such objects as something, anything, this, that, etc. and that the sentence like 'pick up this' wouldn't be grammatical.
But.. I saw this on Wikipedia:
I don't understand how 'pick up this' is correct. If 'this' in 'pick up this' is a determiner, a noun should be followed, shouldn't it? Hmm... Is a noun left off there? =/ And I think only 'pick this up' could be correct, because 'this' is a pronoun and is placed between the verb and the adverb. (If I'm wrong, please point it out.)
If "pick up this" stands alone, please tell me how it could be.
I read a grammar book. In the chapter on phrasal verb, it says that if the object is a pronoun that should be put between the (transitive) verb and the adverb. I believed that is also true for such objects as something, anything, this, that, etc. and that the sentence like 'pick up this' wouldn't be grammatical.
But.. I saw this on Wikipedia:
In phrasal verbs, pronouns must appear between the verb and particle. Determiners may occur after the particle.
pick it up
*pick up it
pick this up
pick up this
I don't understand how 'pick up this' is correct. If 'this' in 'pick up this' is a determiner, a noun should be followed, shouldn't it? Hmm... Is a noun left off there? =/ And I think only 'pick this up' could be correct, because 'this' is a pronoun and is placed between the verb and the adverb. (If I'm wrong, please point it out.)
If "pick up this" stands alone, please tell me how it could be.
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