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Zero1629 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Difference between somthing

I can't clarify the difference between collocation, phrases and idiom.
Can anyone help me??
BTW, did I use the word " clarify " correctly? Because I feel that it is not that appropriate ....
  

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A collocation is any group of two or more words (but generally just two words) who have a high frequency of occurrence. Phrases, if used often, are highly collocated. Idioms are collocated phrases whose overall meaning cannot be determined from the meanings of the individual words of which they are composed.

— Mister Micawber

  • A collocation is any group of two or more words (but generally just two words) who have a high frequency of occurrence.
  • Phrases, if used often, are highly collocated.
  • Idioms are collocated phrases whose overall meaning cannot be determined from the meanings of the individual words of which they are composed.
  • So an idiom is one kind of phrase and a phrase is one kind of collocation.
  • If you felt that 'clarify' was not appropriate, why didn't you try another word, like 'understand'?
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A collocation is any group of two or more words (but generally just two words) who have a high frequency of occurrence. Phrases, if used often, are highly collocated.
Idioms are collocated phrases whose overall meaning cannot be determined from the meanings of the individual words of which they are composed.

So an idiom is one kind of phrase and a phrase is one kind of collocation.
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