Friday, 31 October 2008

Collocation

  • Collocation a word or phrase which is frequently used with another word or phrase, in a way that sounds correct to people who have spoken the language all their lives, but might not be expected from the meaning:

    Collocations with research are such as
    Market research
    Operational research
    Research and development
    research
    research project
  • Collocations with purpose are such as
    express purpose
    ecological purpose
    travelling purpose
    multi purpose
    development purpose

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