Re: (Separable) suffixes?

Eldin Raigmore wrote:

> The usual way to distinguish between a two-part verb and an oblique
> argument in English is this;
>
> If its V PP, the preposition can only precede the NP which is the object
> of the
> preposition.
> But if it's (V+prep) NP, the "preposition", or "second part of the verb",
> _may_
> follow a NP, and _must_ follow a pronoun.
Precisely.

In pondering this thread, I came up with--
John looked over the wall (V+PP, over is not moveable)
John looked over the data (V+Prep, over is moveable)
He'll look it over later (same, movement required)

Here's at least one ex. that works almost like German:
Our house overlooks the golf course.
Our house looks over the golf course ~our house looks over it
so 'look over' in this case is V+PP since you can't say
*Our house looks (the golf course/it) over,

But you can't do that with the other meaning ('fail to see')--
He overlooked that information.

House remodelers have fun with overdo ~ do over.