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Why learning collocation                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       3


















                                                                                     is important?































                                                           Learning collocation is a good idea because it


















                                                      can:














                                                                       a. give you the most natural way to say something:



















                                                                                                                                       smoking is strictly forbidden






















                                                                                                                                        smoking is strongly forbidden































                                                                      b. give you alternative ways of saying something,

















                                                                      which  may  be  more  colorful/expressive  or  more

















                                                                      precise.














                                                                                                                                       It was very cold and very dark.


















                                                                                                 .                                      It was bitterly cold and pitch dark.







































                                                                            c. improve your style in writing:





















                                                                                                                                        poverty causes crime

















                                                                                                                                        poverty breeds crime














































                                                                                                                                               a big meal



















                                                                                                                                                 a substantial meal
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