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Chan-Seung Lee

Joined: 03 Dec 2005
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 2:10 am Post subject: look at it

I wonder why native speakers use 'look at it' instead of 'look it at' while using 'look it up in a dicationary'. Would you explain it gramatically? Thanks

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LucentShade

Joined: 30 Dec 2003
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Location: Nebraska, USA

Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:36 am Post subject:

"look at" is an inseparable phrasal verb -- the direct object needs to follow "at." "Look ** up" is separable; I could say "I looked it up in a dictionary" or "I looked up the word in a dictionary."

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