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Vlivef Posted 7 years ago
Vocabulary

Verbs collocating with the nouns 'act', 'deed'

Hi,

(1) Can I use the verbs 'do' and 'perform' in contexts like "He did a <attribute> act/deed yesterday" and "She has performed many <attribute> acts/deeds in her life".... no matter the attribute means "good" or "bad"?

(2) Can I use the verb 'perpetrate' with the noun 'act'? (e.g., 'to perpetrate a good act') ... is that English very formal?

(3) Can I use 'carry out' with either 'act' or 'deed'? ( e.g., 'to carry out a good act/deed') ... the online collocation dictionaries i checked say nothing about 'carry out+act/deed'... on the other hand I remember seeing such use examples in some English corpora...)

Thanks for your kind comments!

  

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vlivef (1) Can I use the verbs 'do' and 'perform' in contexts He did a good / an evil deed. - very very common She performed an act of kindness. (The of-phrase is required).

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  • vlivef (1) Can I use the verbs 'do' and 'perform' in contexts He did a good / an evil deed.
  • - very very common She performed an act of kindness.
  • (The of-phrase is required).
  • content=*_ADJ+deed&year_start=1900&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t2%3B%2C%2A_ADJ%20deed%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bgood_ADJ%20deed%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bevil_ADJ%20deed%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bsuch_ADJ%20deed%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bgreat_ADJ%20deed%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bquitclaim_ADJ%20deed%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bheroic_ADJ%20deed%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bnoble_ADJ%20deed%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bvery_ADJ%20deed%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Boriginal_ADJ%20deed%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bfoul_ADJ%20deed%3B%2Cc0#t2%3B%2C*_ADJ%20deed%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bgood_ADJ%20deed%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bevil_ADJ%20deed%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bsuch_ADJ%20deed%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bgreat_ADJ%20deed%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bquitclaim_ADJ%20deed%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bheroic_ADJ%20deed%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bnoble_ADJ%20deed%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bvery_ADJ%20deed%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Boriginal_ADJ%20deed%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bfoul_ADJ%20deed%3B%2Cc0 He performed a good deed.
  • He performed an act .
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vlivef(1) Can I use the verbs 'do' and 'perform' in contexts

He did a good / an evil deed. - very very common
She performed an act of kindness. (The of-phrase is required).

You can see the various adjective collocations with deed here:

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