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Where the little word goes in two-part verbs

Where the object goes in two-part verbs - and the one position a pronoun is never allowed to take.

English, never translated

Please turn off the television - or just turn it off at the wall.

Explanation

A separable phrasal verb lets its object sit in two places: after the particle, or between the verb and the particle. With a noun object, both orders are correct. With a pronoun object there is no choice at all - the pronoun must go between the two parts, never after the particle. Inseparable phrasal verbs are the mirror image: their object always follows the particle, whatever kind of word it is.

More examples
She picked the keys up and put them in her bag. Can you fill in this form and hand it in by Friday? I'll look after your plants while you're away. He turned the offer down without even reading it.
Watch out

The mistake that marks a learner instantly is placing a pronoun after the particle. Nouns give you a free choice; pronouns never do. And do not try to split an inseparable verb - its two parts work as a single word and cannot be pulled apart.

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