Why are there so many phrasal verbs in English?
Thats the aspect of the language’s grammar i struggle the most with.

>>212635369 (OP)
Wachu talmbout?

>>212635369 (OP)
nobody knows what that means

>>212635395
he's talking about phrasal verbs like "turn down" and "open up"

>>212635428
It's kinda funny the way ESLs often know things about our grammar that regular users don't. Or strange, rare words. Nobody ever uses the phrase 'phrasal verbs'

>>212635429
since the Old English still followed SOV word order, I guess they are a remnant feature of something like "down-turn" or "up-open".

turn in
turn out
turn up
turn down
turn around
turn over
turn back

it's a germanic thing. they exist in german too (and I think dutch).

>>212635489
it's like how most people only know the phrase "conjugate a verb" from like latin or spanish