Comment by Guestmodinfo
12 hours ago
Thanx so much. Can you point where we can learn all this. These days it's hard to grab all that even when you read books a bit everyday
12 hours ago
Thanx so much. Can you point where we can learn all this. These days it's hard to grab all that even when you read books a bit everyday
That I don't know. I don't have an English or linguistics background myself, it's just a common mistake I've noticed.
Ironically though, your reply has another similar one. You read books every day; reading books is an everyday activity for you.
AI chats are wonderful at that.
Write a sentence and ask it it is correct, if it is idiomatic, and to explain rules behind it.
Thank you
See also:
- set up [1] (notice that it's a verb)
- setup [2] (notice that it's a noun)
- Phrasal verbs [3]
Unfortunately, I'm afraid it's mostly stuff one needs to know by heart, but I think it's often that the noun is the one that is all in one word and the verb is the phrasal one (composed of "base" and the particle, in several words). Note: I'm not a native English speaker.
[1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/set_up#English
[2] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/setup
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrasal_verb
Essentially if you’re using it as a noun it’s “setup”, if you’re using it as a verb it’s “set up”.