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Vincent Ding Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

Collocation of prepositions :S

0As a Chinese speaker, I find collocations of prepositions are really an annoying thing. whenever I speak or write, i have to attach so much attention to them.for example, i hesite on: consent on/at, approval for/on, default on/at, and so on and so forth. could someone give some tips to help me tackle this problem more efficiently 050010id7
  

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0 This site might help, Vincent. htm

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0 This site might help, Vincent. 02br
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0That should help some, but keep in mind, Vincent, that the basic problem is that most of the English noun/verb + preposition collocations are idiomatic. 02br
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00I don't think there's any way around learning them all individually, although making lists-- a page for the 'on' collocations, a page for the 'at' collocations, etc.-- should be helpful. 02br
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0 Those idiomatic ones are easier to deal with since a dictionary would solve the problem probably. actually those falling out of that catogery are getting on my nerve. for example, i hesite on telling "the judgement for/on this case", "a proposal on/about/for settlement of the dispute". so could you kindly share with me ur views in this regard. 02br
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0One book I use frequently, Vincent, is 01i00The BBI Dictionary of English Word Combinations02i00, Benson, Benson & Ilson (John Benjamins Publishing Co. 1997) ISBN 90-272-21677. 0-
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