collocation
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collocation
Collocation refers to a group of two or more words
that usually go together. A good way to think of collocation is to look at the
word collocation. Co - meaning together - location - meaning place. Collocation
are words that are located together. A good answer to "What is
collocation?" is: Collocation is a group of two or more words that like to
hang out together. Here are some examples of common collocations that you might
know:
make tea - I
made a cup of tea for lunch.
do homework - I did all of my homework yesterday.
do homework - I did all of my homework yesterday.
Strong Collocations
Strong collocations refer to words that almost always
go together. It's possible that people might understand you if you don't use a
strong collocation. However, if you do not use a strong collocation it will
sound funny to native speakers. Let's return to our example of 'make' and 'do'.
If you say:
I did a cup of coffee.
native speakers will understand that you mean:
I made a cup of coffee.
Correct use of strong collocations shows an excellent
command of the English language, and can certainly help impress native
speakers' of your ability to speak English well. Of course, if you are speaking
to other non-native speakers the ability to use collocations correctly all the
time becomes less important. That doesn't mean that correct collocation use is
not important, it's just not AS important as something like correct tense.
Image for a moment that you are speaking about a future meeting:
Our meeting was on Friday at four o'clock.
I've done an appointment at four o'clock for the meeting room on Friday.
I've done an appointment at four o'clock for the meeting room on Friday.
In both of these sentences, there are mistakes. However,
in the first sentence instead of using a future tense, the past tense is used.
If you want your colleagues to come to the meeting, this mistake is very
serious and will lead to no one coming to the meeting.
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-antonyms.html#k2KTcPbzMqLekO6V.9
https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/collocations.htm
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the fast train
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