Odd sounding verb collocations. Are there rules?












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  1. Did you check it out?

  2. Did you check the book out?

  3. Did you check Netflix out?

  4. Did you check the recommendation out?

  5. Did you clean it out?

  6. Did you wipe it off?

  7. Did you log it in?

  8. Did you log the evidence in?

  9. Did you wrap it up?

  10. Did you wrap the gift up?

  11. Did you lock the house up?

  12. Did you lock it up?

  13. Did you check out the book?

  14. Did you check out Netflix?

  15. Did you check out the recommendation?

  16. Did you log in the evidence?

  17. Did you wrap up the gift?

  18. Did you lock up the house?


B:




  1. Did you check out it?

  2. Did you clean out it?

  3. Did you wipe off it?

  4. Did you log in it?

  5. Did you wrap up it?

  6. Did you lock up it?


All the above A's sound fine to me; but the B's don't.



The only pattern I see is, the sentence ending with the object "it". But the other objects seem fine with the same usage.



Is there some rule why the B's shouldn't be used? Or are they just not common, so sound odd?






grammar verbs collocation sentence-patterns







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  • Welcome to EL&U, but I believe this question was already addressed at Is it correct to change the common structure in these phrasal verbs? Is there any rule about splitting phrasal verbs? and Why are prepositions out of place with many phrasal verbs? may also be of interest

    – choster
    5 hours ago


















0















Give the examples...



A:




  1. Did you check it out?

  2. Did you check the book out?

  3. Did you check Netflix out?

  4. Did you check the recommendation out?

  5. Did you clean it out?

  6. Did you wipe it off?

  7. Did you log it in?

  8. Did you log the evidence in?

  9. Did you wrap it up?

  10. Did you wrap the gift up?

  11. Did you lock the house up?

  12. Did you lock it up?

  13. Did you check out the book?

  14. Did you check out Netflix?

  15. Did you check out the recommendation?

  16. Did you log in the evidence?

  17. Did you wrap up the gift?

  18. Did you lock up the house?


B:




  1. Did you check out it?

  2. Did you clean out it?

  3. Did you wipe off it?

  4. Did you log in it?

  5. Did you wrap up it?

  6. Did you lock up it?


All the above A's sound fine to me; but the B's don't.



The only pattern I see is, the sentence ending with the object "it". But the other objects seem fine with the same usage.



Is there some rule why the B's shouldn't be used? Or are they just not common, so sound odd?






grammar verbs collocation sentence-patterns







share|improve this question























  • Welcome to EL&U, but I believe this question was already addressed at Is it correct to change the common structure in these phrasal verbs? Is there any rule about splitting phrasal verbs? and Why are prepositions out of place with many phrasal verbs? may also be of interest

    – choster
    5 hours ago
















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Give the examples...



A:




  1. Did you check it out?

  2. Did you check the book out?

  3. Did you check Netflix out?

  4. Did you check the recommendation out?

  5. Did you clean it out?

  6. Did you wipe it off?

  7. Did you log it in?

  8. Did you log the evidence in?

  9. Did you wrap it up?

  10. Did you wrap the gift up?

  11. Did you lock the house up?

  12. Did you lock it up?

  13. Did you check out the book?

  14. Did you check out Netflix?

  15. Did you check out the recommendation?

  16. Did you log in the evidence?

  17. Did you wrap up the gift?

  18. Did you lock up the house?


B:




  1. Did you check out it?

  2. Did you clean out it?

  3. Did you wipe off it?

  4. Did you log in it?

  5. Did you wrap up it?

  6. Did you lock up it?


All the above A's sound fine to me; but the B's don't.



The only pattern I see is, the sentence ending with the object "it". But the other objects seem fine with the same usage.



Is there some rule why the B's shouldn't be used? Or are they just not common, so sound odd?






grammar verbs collocation sentence-patterns







share|improve this question














Give the examples...



A:




  1. Did you check it out?

  2. Did you check the book out?

  3. Did you check Netflix out?

  4. Did you check the recommendation out?

  5. Did you clean it out?

  6. Did you wipe it off?

  7. Did you log it in?

  8. Did you log the evidence in?

  9. Did you wrap it up?

  10. Did you wrap the gift up?

  11. Did you lock the house up?

  12. Did you lock it up?

  13. Did you check out the book?

  14. Did you check out Netflix?

  15. Did you check out the recommendation?

  16. Did you log in the evidence?

  17. Did you wrap up the gift?

  18. Did you lock up the house?


B:




  1. Did you check out it?

  2. Did you clean out it?

  3. Did you wipe off it?

  4. Did you log in it?

  5. Did you wrap up it?

  6. Did you lock up it?


All the above A's sound fine to me; but the B's don't.



The only pattern I see is, the sentence ending with the object "it". But the other objects seem fine with the same usage.



Is there some rule why the B's shouldn't be used? Or are they just not common, so sound odd?






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  • Welcome to EL&U, but I believe this question was already addressed at Is it correct to change the common structure in these phrasal verbs? Is there any rule about splitting phrasal verbs? and Why are prepositions out of place with many phrasal verbs? may also be of interest

    – choster
    5 hours ago





















  • Welcome to EL&U, but I believe this question was already addressed at Is it correct to change the common structure in these phrasal verbs? Is there any rule about splitting phrasal verbs? and Why are prepositions out of place with many phrasal verbs? may also be of interest

    – choster
    5 hours ago



















Welcome to EL&U, but I believe this question was already addressed at Is it correct to change the common structure in these phrasal verbs? Is there any rule about splitting phrasal verbs? and Why are prepositions out of place with many phrasal verbs? may also be of interest

– choster
5 hours ago







Welcome to EL&U, but I believe this question was already addressed at Is it correct to change the common structure in these phrasal verbs? Is there any rule about splitting phrasal verbs? and Why are prepositions out of place with many phrasal verbs? may also be of interest

– choster
5 hours ago












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