Emilio Ortega
Phrasal verb should use ing after preposition ? For example if I say

She was fined FOR DRIVE too fast

Is incorrect because after a preposition a verb must go with ing

But why do we gotta say

"I want to order food FOR CARRY out"

?

Shouldn't it be with ING too bc there is a preposition there (?)

TIA

13 jan. 2019 02:44
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After a preposition, we always use a noun. In your example, “carry-out” is being used as a noun.  The gerund (-ing form) and gerund phrases can always be used as a noun, although in many cases there will be other options. For example, we can say “I thank you for the support (that you’ve given me)” or “I thank you for supporting me”.

13 januari 2019
3

This is a tricky one because there is a phrasal verb "to carry out" which means "to do something important" or "to do something that you have said you would do."

However, if you write this as one word (carryout) or with a hyphen (carry-out), it becomes a noun or an adjective with a meaning about food that is bought from a restaurant but taken elsewhere to eat.

Take-out and takeout have the same meaning as carry-out and carryout -- and none of these are verbs. 

The last word in all of the following sentences is a noun:

I want to order food for carry-out.

I want to order food for carryout.

I want to order food for take-out.

I want to order food for takeout.

I want to order food for delivery.

13 januari 2019
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“Carryout” here is a noun and is spelled as one word (or with a hyphen). It denotes the action of carrying something out. You can also say “takeout”, and again, it's spelled as one word.

You can replace it with “delivery” to make this clearer: “I want to order food for delivery.” It's the same sentence structure, and “delivery“ is a noun denoting the action of delivering something.

13 januari 2019
Gracias Phil! Creo que ya entendí :)
13 januari 2019