Zero1629 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
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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 ....
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.
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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.
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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