A Verb Combo

Margie Wakeman WellsGeneral Leave a Comment

When there is a “little word” after a verb and the two words together have a specific definition — “take up,” “take over,” “take on” — the combination is always two words as a verb.

It needs to be looked up as a noun as it might be one word and it might be hyphenated.

…The cops will stake out the location.
…There was a stakeout at the location.

Happy punctuating!

Margie

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