Phrasal verb vs preposition vs adverb

[toloue_man]

Some words have different parts of speech that are identical to each other. For example, "out" can be accompanied by a verb or it can be a preposition or an adverb. How to differentiate these parts of speeches?

 

[SoothingDave]

Context.

 

[emsr2d2]

Context.

... which is so often the answer.

 

[5jj]

You also need to know that writers are not always in agreement on this.


[FONT=&quot]Allow for, for example, is called a verb + preposition in one of my books, a prepositional verb in another, and a phrasal verb in a couple of others.[/FONT]