Drop off

Writer's Note

"Drop off" is transitive, intransitive, separable, and inseparable; these categories often overlap. You'll notice that transitive verbs are frequently separable, while intransitive ones tend to be inseparable. Let’s break it down together.

1. Transitive - These phrasal verbs take an object for the sentence to make sense.
   Example 1: I’ll drop off the package this afternoon.
   Example 2: She dropped off the kids at school.
   Example 3: Can you drop off my suit at the cleaners?
   
Transitive - Phrasal verbs ini membutuhkan objek agar kalimatnya masuk akal.
Contoh 1: I’ll drop off the package this afternoon.
Contoh 2: She dropped off the kids at school.
Contoh 3: Can you drop off my suit at the cleaners?

2. Separable - The object can go between the verb and the particle.
   Example 1: I’ll drop the package off this afternoon.
   Example 2: She dropped the kids off at school.
   Example 3: Can you drop my suit off at the cleaners?
   
Separable - Objek dapat ditempatkan di antara kata kerja dan partikel.
Contoh 1: Saya akan drop paket ini off sore ini.
Contoh 2: Dia dropped anak-anak off di sekolah.
Contoh 3: Bisakah kamu drop setelan saya off di binatu?

3. Intransitive - A combination of a verb and one or more particles (prepositions or adverbs) that functions as a verb, but does not take a direct object.
   Example 1: Sales dropped off significantly after the holidays.
   Example 2: Attendance has dropped off this month.
   Example 3: Profits dropped off during the recession.
   
Intransitive - Kombinasi dari kata kerja dan satu atau lebih partikel (preposisi atau adverbia) yang berfungsi sebagai kata kerja, tetapi tidak memerlukan objek langsung.
Example 1: Penjualan dropped off secara signifikan setelah liburan.
Example 2: Kehadiran dropped off bulan ini.
Example 3: Keuntungan dropped off selama resesi.

4. Inseparable - Where the verb and its particle (preposition or adverb) cannot be separated by other words.
   Example 1: Interest in the product is starting to drop off.
   Example 2: The noise gradually dropped off as we moved away.
   Example 3: Viewership tends to drop off after the first few episodes.
Inseparable - Di mana kata kerja dan partikelnya (preposisi atau adverbia) tidak dapat dipisahkan oleh kata lain.
Contoh 1: Ketertarikan pada produk mulai drop off.
Contoh 2: Suara secara bertahap dropped off saat kami menjauh.
Contoh 3: Jumlah penonton cenderung drop off setelah beberapa episode pertama.

Related Words: Abandon, decrease, deliver, diminish, disembark, doze, fade, fall asleep, leave, lessen, nod off, plummet, reduce, slacken, transport, unload.