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Discourse Markers

Sunday, May 20, 2012 0:43

Discourse markers are expressions that are used to show how discourse is constructed. They can show the connection between what a speaker is saying and what has already been said or what is going to be said; they can help...

Oxford Collocation Dictionary (PDF)

Monday, November 14, 2011 22:26

Oxford Collocation Dictionary (PDF) download Knowing the company a word keeps can be as easy as ABC.   A: Install a PDF reader (such as Adobe Acrobat, Foxit, etc.) on your computer. B: Open the PDF file provided in this...

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Lexical/Grammatical Collocations: Patterns and Examples

Monday, November 14, 2011 22:18

  Benson, Benson, and Ilson (1986) categorized English collocations into two classes: lexical collocations and grammatical collocations (with 7 and 8 types respectively); lexical collocations are made up only of verbs, adjectives, nouns and adverbs in different possible combinations while grammatical...

Cambridge – Michael McCarty – English Collocations In Use.pdf

Sunday, June 12, 2011 2:58

Download Free Collocations in Use — PDF version CLICK HERE Link One CLICK HERE Link Two...

Collocations with “heavy” by R.E.Jones

Sunday, January 2, 2011 13:53

Some collocations with heavy CERTAIN TYPES OF WEATHER You can talk about: a heavy snowfall / heavy snow a heavy frost heavy rain a heavy storm heavy (storm) clouds (But probably not, for example, a heavy typhoon or a heavy...

Speaking English

Wednesday, September 22, 2010 17:31

As all of us know a person who knows English has 4 skills all together: Writing, reading, listening and speaking. There are lots of English learners who can’t speak efficiently! Actually they didn’t improve this skill. Here are some...