Collocation-V

Collocation-V

Dear readers, in the previous post we discussed Collocations. By mastering collocation and its dynamic usage in daily conversation, we can enrich our language with the appropriate choice of words.  

Collocation means the pairing of particular words that commonly occur together. Let us discuss some of the interesting collocations with examples.   

Sl. No.	Incorrect Version	Correct Version	Examples
1	Boast on	Boast about	Boasting about one’s achievements might be disliked by people.
2	Glad with	Glad about/to	We are glad to welcome our friends to our home.
3	Accustomed with	Accustomed to	We should be accustomed to the rules of our institution.
4	Aim on the target	Aim at the target	Successful people always aim at their target to be achieved.
5	Exchange by something	Exchange for something	We would like to exchange this product for something in the store.

 

Using of the collocations mentioned above in daily conversation makes one sound fluent in English. Let us meet with a new lesson in the next post.

 

Author:

Dr. K. Nandhakumar

Assistant Professor of English

Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science (Autonomous)

Coimbatore- 641 020

 

Reference:

Saumya Sharma. (2017). Common Errors in Everyday English