"Roll out" is a separable phrasal verb. Which sentence correctly places a pronoun object between the verb and particle?
"We need to roll it out to production this week" is correct: with separable phrasal verbs, a pronoun object ("it") must be placed between the verb and its particle, not after the particle. Option A incorrectly places the pronoun after "out", which is ungrammatical for separable phrasal verbs with pronoun objects (though it would be acceptable with a full noun: "roll out the feature"). Options C and D scramble the word order in ways that are not valid English sentence structures.
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"Look into" is an inseparable prepositional verb. Which sentence correctly keeps the object after the full verb phrase?
"The team will look into the bug this afternoon" is correct: "look into" is inseparable, meaning the object — whether a noun or a pronoun — must always follow the full two-word verb and cannot be inserted between "look" and "into". Option A incorrectly splits the verb by placing "the bug" between "look" and "into". Option C makes the same error with the pronoun "it". Option D duplicates the object confusingly by placing both "it" and "the bug" after the verb.
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"Set up" can be separable. Which sentence correctly shows BOTH valid placements for a noun object, and the required placement for a pronoun?
"We set up the server / We set the server up / We set it up" is correct: with separable phrasal verbs, a full noun object may appear either after the particle or between the verb and particle, but a pronoun object must always go between the verb and particle. Option A incorrectly ends with "set up it", which is ungrammatical since pronoun objects cannot follow the particle. Option C garbles the noun phrase word order with "set the up server" and "set server up" missing its article, plus the same pronoun error as A. Option D adds a nonsensical redundant object ("the server it") in the second version.
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Which sentence correctly distinguishes "run into" (encounter, inseparable) from "run" used with a separable phrasal meaning in context?
"We ran into a critical bug during testing, so we ran it by the lead first" is correct: "run into" (meaning to encounter unexpectedly) is inseparable and keeps its object after the full phrase, while "run something by someone" (meaning to consult) is a separable-style pattern where the pronoun object "it" correctly sits right after "run". Option A incorrectly separates the inseparable "run into" by inserting the object before "into". Option C keeps "run into" correct but wrongly places "it" after "by" instead of directly after "ran". Option D makes both errors: splitting "run into" and misplacing the pronoun in the second clause.
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Which sentence correctly identifies that "back up" (as in creating a backup) is separable and places the pronoun object appropriately?
"Back up your database...and back it up again after" is correct: with the noun object "your database", either word order would be acceptable, but the sentence naturally keeps "back up" together before the noun, and correctly places the pronoun "it" between "back" and "up" in the second clause, as required for separable phrasal verbs with pronoun objects. Option B incorrectly ends the second clause with "up it", violating the pronoun placement rule. Option C makes the same pronoun placement error. Option D incorrectly splits the particle "up" into the noun phrase itself ("back your up database"), which is not valid.