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Lionel Mandrake

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4. Another is that we have so many phrasal verbs.

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #3)

Fri Sep 9, 2016, 12:38 AM

Sep 2016

An ESL teacher told me that about half the verbs in informal speech are of this nature. Imagine trying to teach ESL students the meanings of take out, take in, take over, take up, take down, etc.

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pronunciation of poly- [View all] Lionel Mandrake Aug 2016 OP

Yes. Igel Aug 2016 #1

When I was learning ancient Greek, Lionel Mandrake Aug 2016 #2

English has no firm rules about which syllable is stressed. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2016 #3

Another is that we have so many phrasal verbs. Lionel Mandrake Sep 2016 #4