Re: Help with collocations, please

On Jun 2, 2:45 pm, Mike Lyle <mike_lyle...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Jun 2, 4:48=EF=BF=BDpm, LFS <la...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Django Cat wrote:
> > > This fine morning I'm working on the e-learning project on studies
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lls for
> > > Doctoral students I've been commissioned to develop. I'm writing
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 how a
> > > knowledge of collocations is essential to develop academic writing
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lls, and
> > > I'm putting together a table of examples. (Collocations are words
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h
> > > commonly hang out with each other in phrases which form accepted
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s of
> > > meaning. In this context I'm looking especially at collocations with
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djectives
> > > and adverbs).
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> > > This is what I've got so far:
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> > > adverb + adjective
> > > abundantly clear
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> > > 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

Denials are also firm or even categorical.

> > > noun + adjective
> > > proof positive
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> > > verb + adverb
> > > rain heavily
> > > sleep deeply
> > > deny strongly
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> > > adverb + verb
> > > richly deserve
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> > > 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
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 "he
> > > looks sad" and not "he looks sadly"?' thread, but please lets not go
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here. [1]
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> > > Anyway, I'd be very grateful if I could sample auers', aeurs' and
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es'
> > > suggestions for further inclusion in the four lists. =EF=BF=BDThe
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gs I've got so
> > > far are OK, but none of them sound as though they might have come
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 a piece
> > > of academic writing, and that's the sort of example I'm after.
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> > Reaching for the topmost paper on my "To read" pile I find:
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> > highly relevant
> > wide diversity
> > active market
> > seminal study
> > closely monitored
> > empirical inquiry
> > national culture
> > statistical link
> > risk management (noun+noun?)
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> > > If anyone is interested, there's a rock paper about this stuff here:
> > >http://tinyurl.com/6zgfrz
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> > Word 2007 won't let me read this. "Rock paper" somehow implies the
> > existence of scissors...
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> (What, apart from that, does it mean?)
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> Just a few quickies:
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> properly so called
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> set phrase (!)

fixed phrase, stock phrase, stock formula (see below)

> stock epithet
> prime object, primary object, principal object
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> hard and fast

fine line
seriously wrong
executive summary
exact word
precise definition
strongly reminiscent
now discredited
term of art
fuzzy/sloppy thinking
inspired guess
leap of faith/logic
ironclad logic
succinctly worded
(a minimum of) technical jargon
unmistakable tendency
suffice it to say
hopeless case
forlorn hope
sincerely repentant
close reading
rigorous/thoughtful analysis
useful/valuable discussions
prompt reply
deeply grateful
fresh look/approach/idea
innovative approach/idea
received ideas
conventional wisdom (possibly skunked by /Newsweek/, at least in
America)
trenchant criticism
intimate relation****p
love-hate relation****p
total loss
waste of time
strict criteria
hard work
revolutionary fervor
undeniable/incontrovertible proof
widely publicized
unmitigated disaster
exhaustive list/catalog(ue)
deadly dull
utterly exhausted

--
Jerry Friedman
hope that helps