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A Comparative Study of Phrasal Verbs
A comparative study of Phrasal verb used by foreign and Pakistani article writers
Researcher: Faheem shaikh 03313119716 (IIUI) under the supervison of Dr. Ayaz Afsar (IIUI)

The paper reported on the grammar related issues, specifically phrasal verbs, their kinds, idiomatic and non-idiomatic meanings,their use in spoken and written especially in newspapers, and the difference between phrasal verbs and prepositional verbs. Besides it explores the comparison about how the native and Pakistani English newspaper writers use phrasal verbs in their respected articles. In this context two articles from the portion of Opinions of the two newspapers one Pakistani-daily Dawn- and one foreign-Washington Post- are selected
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Learning English language is considered among one of the social and academic compulsory needs. Speakers use language fluently with flexibility receive praises of others. In gaining command over English there are some essential areas like background information of different geners and situations where it is used, proper understanding of grammatical rules, vocabulary and so on. The proper use of adjectives, verbs, adverbs, stress pattern, intonations and phrasal verbs help one’s language to make it more fluent and flexible, more accurate and conversational. Phrasal verbs make the communication, both verbal and written, interaction based. The fluent speakers of English feel charm in using them. These easy and two-word based verbs cover a bulk of simple as well as difficult vocabulary which requires much time to memories. The new L2 learners of English language take pains in learning the difficult words with their meanings. But they can learn and understand the phrasal verbs in less times with much pleasure which make their speech and as well as their peace of writing more affective and ornamented. Before beginning the study we must know the basics of phrasal verbs.
Phrasal Verbs: Phrasal verbs are consisted of a verb



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