Basically, what is the difference, if any, between the meanings of the phrasal verb " cut down " in the following two sentences?
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I really want to have a postal like wikipedia or wikiquote, which is on proverbs and idioms and some useful phrases or phrasal verbs.
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Hence the very term " phrasal verb " is misleading and a source of confusion, which has motivated some to reject the term outright.
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In other words, does splitting the phrasal verb " cut down " have any effect on the meaning or change the connotations of the sentence?
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So, it could also be that'burst into'is a phrasal verb, and'a thousand pieces'its object . talk ) 07 : 23, 11 February 2010 ( UTC)
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The difference between these types of phrasal verbs lies with the status of the element ( s ) that appear in addition to the verb.
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The phrasal verb to make over has been in business since 1546, meaning " to hand over " and then " to transfer property ."
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The phrasal verb " cut down " is what I called an optional verb, and there is no difference in meaning between the split and un-split uses.
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:: You might find interesting ( make sure the book pic displayed says " Phrasal Verbs " ) talk ) 07 : 56, 9 May 2009 ( UTC)
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Tigrinya differs markedly from the classical Ge'ez language by having phrasal verbs, and in using a word-order that places the main verb last instead of first in the sentence.
