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A phrasal verb is associated with being a type of verb which carries a different meaning from that of the same one (without a preposition). It is much like the compound verbs in German. In English, these are more informal, though they are common. Like German compound verbs, they cannot be avoided - even in business related language. Take, for instance, "I look forward to..."

In most cases a phrasal verb can be replaced by a more formal verb, but doing so consistently would render a text too 'dry' (and too 'latinate').

A prepositional verb is simply a transitive verb which generally collocates with a particular preposition. Unlike the phrasal, this verb does not bear another meaning from the verb itself.

a basic example of a prepositional verb is "to dream" - we usually use this as a transitive verb, so we will say "I dreamt of..." (something / someone / or with participle)

the phrasal verb might be something like "dream up" - as in: "I dreamed it up",

meaning something like "I invented / envisioned (an idea / a concept) "

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