Here's a new website to check the use of the right collocations when doing a writing.
Sometimes when writing, we do hesitate a lot if this is the right word that collocates with the other one. It seems to happen, we can't make sure if we are doing the right thing
So this is where this website comes in and I'm positive this is the perfect website for you all.
The problem is that a dictionary would be no help here as we are dealing with more complex issues. We are not talking about grammar or vocabulary meanings, we are dealing with how words collocate with some words, but not with others and this is just something that if you are not a native, you will have a hard time deciding whether it is correct or a bad translation from your native language. The problem, of course, is that to your non-native ears it might sound perfect.
For example, let’s take this simple sentence
Global warming is produced by…
Does it sound Ok to you?
For a Spanish speaker, this sounds just right. But is it a natural collocation in English?
Doesn’t Global warming is caused by… sounds better?
What else can you do on Netspeak?Among other things:
- If you have forgotten a specific word, type ? Ex: ? for granted
- If you need to find many words, type … Ex …granted
- If you are not sure about two words or want to compare them [] Ex It sounds [good well.
Great! so it has different entries in which you can collocate a word in the blank and it tells you the percentage in which is used and how it works. I have never listened to something like that before and it is very useful for us non-native speakers!thanks
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