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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

diffrent between do and play

hi why people said do karate and dont said play karate
and play soccer not do soccer?

help me
  

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Anonymous Hi, why do some people say "do karate", not "play karate" and why do they say "play soccer", not "do soccer"? They say like that because the verb "do" collocates with the noun "karate" and "play" with "soccer". org/wiki/Collocation

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  • Anonymous Hi, why do some people say "do karate", not "play karate" and why do they say "play soccer", not "do soccer"?
  • They say like that because the verb "do" collocates with the noun "karate" and "play" with "soccer".
  • org/wiki/Collocation
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Anonymous Hi, why do some people say "do karate", not "play karate" and why do they say "play soccer", not "do soccer"?
They say like that because the verb "do" collocates with the noun "karate" and "play" with "soccer".

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collocation
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