Prepositions

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<p>I was going through Silverturtle’s guide and I don’t understand this example.</p>

<p>“In fact, there are some times when moving the preposition from the end of the sentence is incorrect:
I ran up the restaurant tab. Up what did you run?
Why is that second sentence wrong? Because run up is a phrasal verb; it consists of the verb run and the particle (a cool name for the preposition of a phrasal verb), which is up in this case. The components of a phrasal verb cannot be separated. Some other phrasal verbs: make up, run into, and show up.” </p>

<p>Could I get some clarification or other examples on this topic please? Thanks!</p>

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<p>You don’t need to know the formal names for any of these grammar rules, but you should know, just instinctually by common sense, that “up what did you run” doesn’t make any sense. Nor does “up what do you make?” for “you made up the homework”. You’re not actually making *up<a href=“or%20%5Bi%5Ddown%5B/i%5D”>/i</a> the homework or showing “up” (or showing down) at a partiy in a literal sense. “Showing up” and “making up” are more like idioms.</p>

<p>(anyway, I’m sure that’s not the formal way of explaining it but it should help you on a SAT problem.)</p>