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Phrasal Verbs | ||
| Al-Mustansiriya Journal of Arts | ||
| Article 1, Volume 0, Issue 47, 2017, Pages 1-13 | ||
| Author | ||
| Suhad Abdul Sattar Al-Baghdadi | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Phrasal verbs are a vital, expressive part of the English language, particularly of the colloquial, everyday sort. They are extremely common in spoken English and are used more informally than their Latinate synonyms; for example, ‘use up’ for ‘consume’, ‘put up’ for ‘extinguish’, etc. English grammarians note that phrasal verbs have been present in English for many centuries. McArthur states that phrasal verbs were found in Middle English, common in Shakespeare, and often used to define verbs in Latin origin. He also states that “the famous lexicographer of the eighteenth century, Samuel Jonson, was one of the first to consider these formation carefully. (Internet Ref.) | ||
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