Collocation

Hy guys.. Well, you know what my topic now, right? Yes, that is Collocation. Lets study about Colocation!

A collocation is a combination of words that are commonly used together; the simplest way of describing collocations is to say that they ‘just sound right’ to native English speakers. Other combinations that may mean the same thing would seem ‘ unnatural’. Collocations include noun phrases like ‘ stiff wind’ and‘weapons of mass destruction’, phrasal verbs such as‘to get together’ and other stock phrases such as‘the rich and famous’

It is important to learn collocations, because they are important for the naturalisation of one’s speech. Besides, they broaden one’s scope for expression.

The term collocation (from the Latin for "place together") was first used in its linguistic sense by British linguist John Rupert Firth (1890-1960), who famously observed, "You shall know a word by the company it keeps."

  Here is a list of collocations to help you get started:

1. Collocations starting with the verb ‘do’

- Do me a favour
- Do the cooking
- Do the housework

2. Collocations with the verb ‘have’
- Have a bath
- Have a drink

3. Collocations with the verb ‘take’

- Take a break
- Take a chance
- Take a look

4. Collocations with the verb ‘make’

- Make a difference
- Make a mess
- Make a mistake

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Source:

http://grammar.about.com/od/c/g/collocationterm.htm

http://www.englishleap.com/vocabulary/collocations