An Unusual Separable Verb

rogersgeorge on January 10th, 2024

At least I think this is unusual. Normally you can put the separable verb’s adverb right after the main verb or at the end of the sentence, and you get basically the same meaning. But here’s an example of doing that, and getting the opposite meaning!

Macanudo in Comics kingdom for November 4 2023

Can you think of any similar examples?

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