... we examine the errors involving
phrasal verbs. A phrasal verb such as
sum up
will be
tagged by PARTS as noun + preposition instead of
verb + particle. This error influences the tagging of ... example, a phrasal verb like
box in
generally
appears with an intervening object (to
box something
in) , and thus when
box
and in are adjacent (except for
those rare cases involving heavy ... performance. The solution involves a change
in the definition of what counts as a word for the pur-
pose of tagging phrasal verbs.
1. INTRODUCTION
Statistical taggers are commonly used to preprocess...
... less thin; gain weight:
zaokrąglać się, wypełniać
"Jerry used to be really skinny, but in the last year he's
begun to fill out."
find out (about) (inseparable): learn / get information
(about): ... to
begin!"
look into (inseparable): investigate / get more details about
something: sprawdzić, zbadać.
"Someone said there was a meeting at 9:30 but I haven't
heard anything about ... out for (inseparable): be careful of; beware of:
uważać na.
"If you take that road, watch out for ice during the winter."
wear out (1. separable): wear something / use something
until...
... scared and__________of jumping off the high diving board.
11. FOCUS ON: phrasalverbs used in
compound nouns
As we saw in Section 10, many two-word phrasalverbs can be used as nouns. Many. of ...
drop-off n. A decline in a business's sales, in the occurrence of an event, or in the interest
some people have in something, is a drop-off.
There has been a drop-off in traffic deaths ... perfect phrasalverbs
The past perfect is used to say that one thing in the past happened before another thing in the past:
Mike said the wedding had fallen through.
past earlier in the...
... scared and__________of jumping off the high diving board.
11. FOCUS ON: phrasalverbs used in
compound nouns
As we saw in Section 10, many two-word phrasalverbs can be used as nouns. Many. of ... assembly line is going to back up if Erik doesn't get
the parts he needs soon.
backup n. A backup is a situation in which something is being prevented from
moving, progressing, or flowing normally. ... moving, progressing, or
flowing normally, it is backed up.
Let's take the train downtown. Traffic is always backed up at this time of the morn in a.
Infinitive
present tense -ing...
... counter.
Infinitive
present tense -ing form past tense past participle
go in
go in & goes in going in went in gone in
1. go inlinto p.v. When you go in or go into a place, building, room, ... light to read by.
The hole in the screen is letting the mosquitoes into the house.
plug in
plug in & plugs in plugging in plugged in plugged in
1. plug inlinto p.v. When you connect an ... participle
sneak in
sneak in & sneaks in sneaking in sneaked in sneaked in
1. sneak inlinto p.v. When you enter a place without anyone seeing or hearing you, you
sneak in or sneak into the place....