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JuanTwoThree
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by JuanTwoThree » Sun Aug 24, 2008 1:29 pm
Can you think of any more four-part phrasal verbs?
Come in out of the rain.
Let's *%$** off out of here!
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Stephen Jones
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by Stephen Jones » Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:50 am
I wouldn't say either are four-part phrasal verbs
I would parse both sentences as phrasal verb (come in/piss off) + adverbial.
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JuanTwoThree
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by JuanTwoThree » Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:33 am
I don't suppose for a moment that these are really phrasal verbs. I'm sure that if such things existed, somebody would have noticed.
But imagine what fear you could strike into students by mentioning them!