preposition

> From:    Tristan Alexander McLeay <zsau@...>
> Subject: Re: New Member With Questions
>
> >prepositions ... "particles"
>
> What is the difference between prepositions and particles?
> And are they really prepositions in English, given that they sometimes go
> after what they modify (like in 'where do you come from?')?
That's not 'from' as a preposition, that's 'from' transferred as part of a
phrasal verb.  The preposition modifies the verb;  _come_ 'move hither'
doesn't mean anything like _come from_ 'originate').

Sometimes we get weird triplets that way, when a verb is formed both the
old-fashioned way (preverbing the preposition) and this way:

look
look over (check carefully)
overlook  (ignore)


     *Muke!

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