How to make sure that English words that you're using are accurate and suit the context? What I recommend is linguistic corpora. These are data taken from literature, books and conversations of real people. You can use it to look up an English word, its place in a sentence and usage. What you need to do is check out the website HERE and write a word that you're interested in. You don't have to go any further than the main site (look for 'quick look-up' button). The following is a sample of a word 'about.'
You can get into an argument ABOUT fallout shelters at the drop of a beer stein in clubs and pubs t
007. he share of the new housing market enjoyed by apartments, which began ABOUT six years ago, has more than tripled within that span of time. I
008. and disappointments, Shea moved forward. When he was unable to bring ABOUT immediate expansion, he sought to convince another National Leag
009. s in this class. _2._ Sufficient lay-offs of union employees to bring ABOUT a 10 per cent cut in the union payroll expense. Since the railro
010. long home run deep into the corner of the bleachers in right center, ABOUT 400 feet away, with two men on. Momentarily the Reds were back i
011. efense education bill clears the House Education and Labor Committee. ABOUT half of all Peace Corps projects assigned to voluntary agencies
012. ITES DISCREPANCIES# Mrs. Williams had a list which she said contained ABOUT nine or ten discrepancies between her memory of Dr. Jenkins's co
013. is a sellout. ... Johnny Ray, at the same L. R., has something to cry ABOUT. He's been warbling in severe pain; a medico's injection in
Just have a try yourselves. Hope you'll find it helpful. Cheers!
No comments:
Post a Comment