abstract concepts – English Grammar Profiler

STUDENT EXAMPLE:

The professor tries to explain the abstract concept of freedom.

PELIC Arabic male level 5 writing class

The plural form is more common in iWeb corpus:

1 ABSTRACT CONCEPTS 2856
2 ABSTRACT CONCEPT 1883

further collocates in iWeb:

1 CONCEPTS 2978 2 AN 1170 3 SUCH 302 4 UNDERSTAND 183 5 CONCRETE 149 6 RATHER 102 7 UNDERSTANDING 101 8 ABILITY 74 9 GRASP 69 10 COMPLEX 51 11 DIFFICULT 45 12 REPRESENT 43 13 IDEAS 43 14 COMMUNICATE 40 15 OBJECTS 40 16 LANGUAGE 40 17 VISUAL 37

18 EXPLAIN 34

19 MATHEMATICS 32

20 TANGIBLE 30

concepts B2 an A1 such A2 understand A1 concrete B2 rather B1 understanding A1 ability B1 grasp C1 complex B2 difficult A1 represent B2 ideas A2 communicate B1 objects B1 language A1 visual B2 explain A2 mathematics tangible C2