Pick up Tom?

[optimistic pessimist]

Dear all,

I'll pick up Tom at the station.
I'll pick Tom up at the station.

In the sentences above, which word order is better?

When a pronoun is used, I often see "pick ...up" rather than "pick up...", but I'm not sure about the cases of nouns.

Thank you!

OP

 

[Barb_D]

Either way is fine.
Note that if you change "Tom" to "him" then only "pick him up" works, not "pick up him."

 

[anhnha]

Note that if you change "Tom" to "him" then only "pick him up" works, not "pick up him."

Is this related to any kind of grammar?

 

[Rover_KE]

'Pick up' is a separable phrasal verb.

See Separable/inseparable phrasal verbs.

Rover