Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
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Hi friends,
What is "on" part of speech and meaning in the following text?
“Ed lowered his voice: serious stuff coming up, and, sure enough, on came a PowerPoint with a slew of graphs.”
Thanks
What is "on" part of speech and meaning in the following text?
“Ed lowered his voice: serious stuff coming up, and, sure enough, on came a PowerPoint with a slew of graphs.”
Thanks
Top answer
" The TV show "Friends" comes on every Monday at 9:00.
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"on" is the particle in the phrasal verb "come on."
The TV show "Friends" comes on every Monday at 9:00.
The TV show "Friends" comes on every Monday at 9:00.
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The separable phrasal verbs are sometimes used this way for humor (I assume this snippet is meant to be a funny commentary on Ed's predictable behavior)
It is frequently seen in lyrics, as in this nursery rhyme:
Itsy Bitsy Spider crawled up the water spout.
Down came the rain, and washed the spider out.
Out came the sun, and dried up all the rain,
And th
It is frequently seen in lyrics, as in this nursery rhyme:
Itsy Bitsy Spider crawled up the water spout.
Down came the rain, and washed the spider out.
Out came the sun, and dried up all the rain,
And th
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