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Vsuresh Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Give/show indication

Hi

"He is giving us an indication of bad weather."
Is it OK use 'show' in place of 'give'?
  

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Vsuresh - Indication or prediction? The man is showing a video indicating bad weather in Paris at the moment. The woman is predicting bad weather in London tomorrow.

— JohnParis

  • Vsuresh - Indication or prediction?
  • The man is showing a video indicating bad weather in Paris at the moment.
  • The woman is predicting bad weather in London tomorrow.
  • He's giving a prediction of bad weather.
  • He's predicting bad weather.
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Vsuresh - Indication or prediction?
The man is showing a video indicating bad weather in Paris at the moment.
The woman is predicting bad weather in London tomorrow.
He's giving a prediction of bad weather. He's predicting bad weather.
Her map indicates bad weather today.
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Hi John
Thanks for the examples you have given.
I wanted to know which word collocates with indication- show or give.
The sentence I constructed was, as you have pointed out, sounds odd.
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Hi again V,

Here are three collocations I found for "indication":
indication of:
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Hi John
Thank you very much for this detailed answer, and of course for your time and effort..
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