Re: Help with collocations, please

On Jun 2, 5:48=A0pm, LFS <la...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Django Cat wrote:
> > This fine morning I'm working on the e-learning project on studies
skill=
s for
> > Doctoral students I've been commissioned to develop. I'm writing about
h=
ow a
> > knowledge of collocations is essential to develop academic writing
skill=
s, and
> > I'm putting together a table of examples. (Collocations are words
which
> > commonly hang out with each other in phrases which form accepted
blocks =
of
> > meaning. In this context I'm looking especially at collocations with
adj=
ectives
> > and adverbs).
>
> > This is what I've got so far:
>
> > adverb + adjective
> > abundantly clear
>
> > adjective + noun
> > colossal explosion
> > substantial reduction
> > pleasant environment
> > admirable gesture
> > sound investment
> > fantastic op****tunity
> > high quality
> > unmitigated disaster
> > heavy rain
> > deep sleep
> > strong denial
>
> > noun + adjective
> > proof positive
>
> > verb + adverb
> > rain heavily
> > sleep deeply
> > deny strongly
>
> > adverb + verb
> > richly deserve
>
> > Then a moment ago I posted a reply with the words, 'I stand
corrected', =
which
> > is verb+adjective and reminiscent of the recent and regular 'why is it
"=
he
> > looks sad" and not "he looks sadly"?' thread, but please lets not go
the=
re. [1]
>
> > Anyway, I'd be very grateful if I could sample auers', aeurs' and
melees=
'
> > suggestions for further inclusion in the four lists. =A0The things
I've =
got so
> > far are OK, but none of them sound as though they might have come from
a=
 piece
> > of academic writing, and that's the sort of example I'm after.
>
> Reaching for the topmost paper on my "To read" pile I find:
>
> highly relevant
> wide diversity
> active market
> seminal study
> closely monitored
> empirical inquiry
> national culture
> statistical link
> risk management (noun+noun?)
>
>
>
> > If anyone is interested, there's a rock paper about this stuff here:
> >http://tinyurl.com/6zgfrz
>
> Word 2007 won't let me read this. "Rock paper" somehow implies the
> existence of scissors...

I was able to read it but I got as far as 'There are many things you
can do with a trumpet' and fell about laughing and that was pretty
much it for my concentration.  I shall try to remember to look at
things in the office with a more sober eye tomorrow and see if
anything jumps out.

Oh, dear, there it goes again....

Stephanie
in Brussels