[etni] Re: collocations

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An excellent reference for collocations is "The Word Finder" by J.I. Rodale -
published by Rodale Books, Inc. Emmaus, Pensylvania.  The only drawback is that
the copyright is 1947 although it has be reprinted many times.  It has a
companion volume called "The Synonym Finder" which is similar to a thesaurus.
These tools are excellent for writing precisely.  I suppose that today you can
get these things on CD Rom but I prefer paper dictionaries and reference
books.  (And regular library card catalogues that no longer exist.)
Michele
--Thanks to Miriam Schlessinger, my translation teacher, for pointing out the
various permutations of a dictionary that exisit!


Iris Elish wrote:

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> Hi All,
>
> I can still remember a few years back on a visit to New York when I asked
> the salesman at the largest bookstore in the city for a book on
> collocations. " What?" he asked me. His query didn't result of not
> understanding my South African accent, but because the subject of
> collocations had not yet reached America for some reason.
>
> I really recommend reading the article on collocations at the following
> address:
> http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/vocabulary/collocation1.shtml
> It is really worth our attention.
>
> All the best
> Iris
>
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