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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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Collocating the adjective "complicate".

0Which nouns would you say collocate with "complicate" (the adjective)? 02br
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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00Which nouns would you say collocate with "complicate01b 00d02b 00" (the adjective)? g. 02br 02br 00adj.

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00Which nouns would you say collocate with "complicate01b 00d02b 00" (the adjective)?
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  • + noun 02br 02br 00complicate01b 00d02b 00 structure 02font 02br 02br 01font 00There are lots.
  • 02font 02br 02br 00Clive0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00Which nouns would you say collocate with "complicate01b00d02b00" (the adjective)? 02br
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01cite10Clive12cite11font10There are lots. Many things can be complicate11font11b10d12b12font10.12font12br
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10Hi Clive02br
00I agree with you. However, those who compiled the 01i00
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0Hi,02br
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00I don't remember ever seeing or hearing that adjective. 01i00This is a complicate problem02i00 just sounds completely wrong. 02br
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00Perhaps in some technical field like entomology?02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-
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01cite10Clive12cite10I don't remember ever seeing or hearing that adjective.12br
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10Nor do I. 05000 I'm glad there are lots of similarities between Canadian English and Helsinki English! 05102br
00Cheers, CB 010id111id4
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1font00<Which nouns would you say collocate with "complicate01b00d02b00" (the adjective)? >02font02br
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01font00No, Clive, my question was about "complicate" (adj.)02font0-
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0Here's an example from outside the sciences:02br
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00 "How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, how complicate, how wonderful is man!"02br
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00Young. 1742.0-
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0I don't remember ever seeing or 00hearing00 that adjective.02br
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00Do you remember hearing or seeing "transcriptome"?0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00 "How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, how complicate, how wonderful is man!"02font02br
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01font00Young. 1742.02font02br
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00So this was written in 1742? It certainly sounds archaic. I'm sure you can find a lot of archaic adjecti
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0"We believe that a complicate pricing mechanism may not only increase the computational network overheads but may also suffer from the complexities of its implementation."02br
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00A modrn example.0-
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10"We believe that a complicate pricing mechanism may not only increase the computational network overheads but may also suffer from the complexities of its implementation."12br
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10Typo, Anon. Happens all the time:01blockquote
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