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I always understood that collocation was the force that made some combinations idiomatic and not others. For example, you might break off your engagement, rather than cancel it or withdraw from it, or you might spend too much time on AWAD rather than use too much time on AWAD.
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Re: collocation
Bingley 01/27/04 09:52 AM
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