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Message: [QUOTE="Sifaka, post: 5300508, member: 8516"] We agree, though our nomenclature varies. I would say [I]phrasal verbs[/I] instead of compound verbs. They are the same thing with different labels. A phrasal verb, for those who give a damn, yeah, both of you, includes a verb and one or more particles. Take, for example, Rocky's motto, “Don't look up!”. [I]Look[/I] is the verb, and [I]up[/I] is the particle, though it can be an adverb, an adjective, or a preposition in other circumstances. If some grumpy fuddy duddy complains that the motto ends a sentence with a preposition, do what Rocky ([USER=250]@RockyMTblue2[/USER]) does. Ignore them. You may also wish to suggest that they do (note the subjunctive there) something anatomically difficult. Finally, please tell them to learn a little bit about grammar. For a coda, ask what authority they wish to cite when declaring something to be against the “rules”. Who are the rulemakers, and why are they so ignorant? The so-called rule makers are buffoons we may [I]look down on.[/I] “Look down on” is a phrasal verb. Feel free to use it in a sentence:[I] Lovers of [B]prescriptive [/B]grammar and [B]proscriptive[/B] grammar are folks we [/I][B]look down on. [/B]Clowns who inveigh against terminal prepositions are the sort of pompous turkeys we don't have to [B]put up with. {/rant}[/B] [/QUOTE]