PARTICLE(S) A drop of diesel contains many diesel particles. If you spray diesel into the air, some particles of that diesel may combine with particles of other polutants and travel greater distances than the main body of diesel which falls to the ground. As with water, a particle of diesel is made of atomic elements combined in a secific manner.

2020年9月2日 · One test is to use a pronoun for the object. If the order verb object particle is acceptable, then the particle is an adverb, not a preposition. If the order verb particle object is acceptable, then the particle is a preposition. 1a. Stop picking on him. 1b. *Stop picking him on. 2a. *Stop leading on him. 2b. Stop leading him on.

2018年10月11日 · I have just written a question in the PPCG site, and now that I read it again I have just noticed that I have just written "split" and "splitted" randomly as the past participle of "to split": Ca...

2023年5月21日 · Take off is a particle phrasal verb (warning: terminology varies). In the sense that you’re using it, it is a transitive verb whose object determines whether the verb can be split. The verb must be split if the object is a personal pronoun: He took it off.

2013年2月9日 · Some would class the three-word string as a transitive multi-word verb (and possibly reclassify the to as a particle if pressed to parse individual words). Notice that a noun as well as an -ing group could occupy the object space: I look forward to seeing you. I look forward to playing. I look forward to the concert. 1. I want to see you.

2015年2月7日 · What role does the particle "to" perform in this phrase? Whether "to" simply accompanies the infinitive, or has also another grammatical role? What role does the principal verb perform in relation to "to be made"?

It's the kind talked about in the Q about "looked at". Wikipedia says: "A transitive particle verb has a nominal object in addition to the particle. If the object is an ordinary noun phrase, it can usually appear on either side of the particle, although very long …

2015年11月23日 · I would like to use a noun made of multiple words (like particle board, Mount Everest, or windscreen wiper) in a compound adjective with a hyphen. But I don't know how to hyphenate such a composition. I'm not sure how common this situation is, so here's an example:

2020年2月27日 · @Tinfoil Hat, It is interesting to see how you used a different verb(see) to explain those examples. I know 'sense verbs' like "see, notice, observe, watch, hear, feel etc" are used in a certain way(and that you have shown above).

2014年11月13日 · The particle や is used to list items in a way that suggests that you have other things, but there's no point in listing them all, similar to how we use "etc.": りんごやバナナやメロンがあります。 (Ringo ya banana ya meron ga arimasu.) I have an apple, a banana, a melon, etc. (implication: I also have other things.)