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Phrasal verbs: Watch over/ Give away



 
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Phrasal verbs: Watch over/ Give away Sun Feb 03, 2008 21:33 pm  Phrasal verbs: Watch over/ Give away
 

I am trying to make a sentence with these two verbs, but I hesitate when placing the pronoun.

Here are my examples:

a.- I gave HER away a book, or should it be... I gave away a book to HER?

b.- My mother watches ME over... or should it be... My mother watches over ME?

Thanks in advance!
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Phrasal verbs: Watch over/ Give away Mon Feb 04, 2008 5:14 am  Phrasal verbs: Watch over/ Give away
 

a. - I gave a book away to her.
(But it would be more common just to say, "I gave a book to her," or, "I gave her a book.")

b. - My mother watches over me.
(In this case, "watch over" is not a phrasal verb with a movable particle, but a verb and a preposition.)
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