Nov 29, 2014

Learners' use of collocations: insights from the research 2


"Perform surgery" or "carry out surgery"?
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What kind of collocations are most mistake-prone:
strong (e.g. honk the horn, shrug shoulders), medium-strong (e.g. wage a war, fail a test), medium-weak (e.g. perform an experiment, reach a compromise) or weak (e.g. see a film, read the newspaper)?