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The sentences "The child turned the light on" and "The child turned the light off" are both grammatical. We can also join the particles with a coordinating conjunction: "The child turned the light on and off."

The sentences "The obnoxious tenant put his neighbors off" and "The obnoxious tenant put his neighbors down" are also grammatical. But we cannot join these particles with a conjunction: "The obnoxious tenant put his neighbors off and down."

Speculate on why coordination is possible in the first and not the second.