Different Word Combinations
🖊Nouns and the Adjectives They Combine With: Nouns often combine with specific adjectives, for example, medical research, undivided attention.
⭐Timing is a crucial element of the experiment.
⭐After the lecture there was a heated debate.
⭐I made some useful contacts at the conference.
🖊 Verbs and the Words They Combine With:They combine with some nouns, and does the noun go before or after the verb. They combine with some adverbs, and they followed by some prepositions.
🖊Nouns and the Verbs They Combine With: Nouns often combine with specific verbs, for example, carry out research, pay attention.
⭐You consume [use], conserve, generate [create], save or waste energy.
⭐ People or factors can play a role or take on a role.
⭐You talk about the debate
surrounding an issue.
🖊 Verbs and Prepositions: In English there are certain verbs which are usually followed by a specific preposition which completes the meaning of the verb without altering its original meaning.
🖊 Abbreviations:Abbreviations are shortened forms of words or phrases. They normally represent a whole sentence or phrase.
🖊 Prepositional Phrases: are a group of words consisting of a preposition, its object, and any words that modify the object.
🖊 Nouns and Prepositions:Nouns use to use prepositions for complement they meaning. Sometimes groups of nouns with related meanings share the same prepositions.
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⭐The article clearly identifies the factors influencing the decision to go to war.
⭐We shall now briefly examine the evidence for the existence of dark matter.
⭐A decrease in consumer spending is generally associated with fears of instability.
In any way.
In relation to.
In accordance with.
⭐In this book, Herne departs from his earlier theory.
⭐Abuka writes / speaks of the early years of industrial development.
⭐Lung cancer accounted for 20% of deaths in men.
⭐Kelly (1969) conducted an investigation into the origins of international terrorism.
⭐Economists have recently questioned the rationale for government spending.
⭐The article offers an analysis of the potential impact of the HSN I Avian Flu virus.
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2 ibid.
Used when giving bibliographical reference,
e.g. as mentioned in Potts et al ( 1995)
Many large mammals, e.g. the African elephant, the
black rhino and the white rhino …
🖊 Affixes:Affixes are like codes in a code language. With their help, you can decode the words in a language. There are different groups of affixes.
✏ Suffix: appears at the end of a word or stem.
✏ Prefix: appears at the beginning of a word or stem.
Bilingual, bi-monthly
Anti-bacterial, anti-pollution
Coolant, anti-depressant
Accuracy, urgency
Predictable, identifiable
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Basic English
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Eco-tourism, eco-friendly