From time to time, I get called on to referee grammar disputes. For example, I was recently asked to settle an argument about whether you should write “I’m not into sports” or “I’m not in to sports.” ...

Phrasal verbs represent a practically limitless group of verbs that can be combined with short adverbs or prepositions to produce new meanings. Here are some examples: Phrasal verbs are ubiquitous in ...

Can you back your hard drive up? Or must you back up your hard drive? Can you calm yourself down? Or must you calm down yourself? Can you blow balloons up? Or must you blow up balloons? Can you hang ...

A phrasal verb is a verb that is combined with a preposition (e.g. in, on, with) or an adverbial particle (e.g. up, out, off) The preposition or adverbial particle extend the meaning of the verb to ...

Sometimes you can guess the meaning of a phrasal verb because it is related to the main verb. Look at this example again. Shall we give away all the old books in the office? The meaning is clearly ...

"Turn off the TV" is an example of a phrasal verb, which is a verb that has a base verb and one or two particles. Credit: MikeSleigh/Getty Images A ‘phrasal verb’ is a verb that has a base verb and ...

Whether you work in an office or for some big company, you're going to probably hear or even use a lot of these phrasal verbs. So, again, just to review, a phrasal verb is a verb in connection, in ...