EN372 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Smog, Geordie, Acronym
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Progressive passive: be + being + verbs (past participle) The cat is being chased by the dog. The child is being a ghost for halloween. Get-passive: get acts as an auxiliary verb passive because acted upon- marks increasing use of auxiliary verbs in mode, uncommon until 19th cen. With prescriptivism, these were appalled and hated- believed they were colloquial and vague. Phrasal verbs are constructions which consist of a verb and a post-verbal particle. A post-verbal particle is a word such as in, up, off, and over. They are use with verbs to make phrasal verbs and are usually adverbs. Phrasal verbs may or may not include a direct object, thereby making them either transitive or intransitive: transitive phrasal verbs usually include a direct object. Heat (something) up direct object put (something) down: intransitive phrasal verbs do not require a direct object. Touchdown play around catch on turn up: used since oe period.
