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пятница, 13 ноября 2015 г.

What is a collocation?

I have a question for you: why do we say “make a mistake” not “do a mistake”? The answer is collocation. Collocations are words which just fit together. There isn’t always a logical or clear reason. Collocations are very common in English. Every language has collocations, it’s not just English.
What is a collocation?

Typical word combinations that regularly occur in English speech and writing are called collocations. In other words, collocations are those word combinations and short phrases which your English teacher asked you to memorize as examples of use when you studied new words. The verb "to collocate" has the following meanings: to place together, to arrange in proper order.

Типичные сочетания слов, регулярно возникающие в английской устной и письменной речи, называют collocations. Другими словами, collocations – это те словосочетания и фразы, которые ваш учитель английского языка просил вас запомнить как примеры употребления, когда вы изучали новые слова. Глагол to collocate имеет следующие значения: поместить вместе, расположить в правильном порядке.

Why learn collocations?
·                   Your language will be more natural and more easily understood.
·                   You will have alternative and richer ways of expressing yourself.
·                   It is easier for our brains to remember and use language in chunks or blocks rather than as single words.






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