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Why in this sentence it has written: "You can turn off the radio" - turn off - together ?
But in the question it has written otherwise: "Can I turn the radio off?" - turn the radio off - the radio between "turn" and "off"?
Before I saw only second variant in questions and answers.

Thank you very muchCan I turn on the light? - too

Question

About English
Why in this sentence it has written: "You can turn off the radio" - turn off - together ?
But in the question it has written otherwise: "Can I turn the radio off?" - turn the radio off - the radio between "turn" and "off"?
Before I saw only second variant in questions and answers.

Thank you very muchCan I turn on the light? - too

Answer

Hello!

Turn off and turn on can be used 'togeter' and separated by a noun. Both uses are correct.

See examples below:

1. Turn the radio off OR Turn off the radio.

2. Turn on the light OR Turn the light on

So consider this as correct: Turn on/off+article and noun

OR

Turn+article and noun+ off/on

Answer

Some phrasal verbs are separable, and the object can go either after or between the parts of the phrasal verb.  You just have to learn which phrasal verbs are separable or not. There's no trick to finding out.

The main rule to remember is, if you have an object pronoun (me, you, it, him, her, us, them), it always goes inside the phrasal verb: turn it off, turn it on, and so on.

Answer

Yes, you can turn the light on /off
the car on /off
the stove on /off

in these cases it means to close or to be closed

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