academic collocations of ‘alternative’ – English Grammar Profiler

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alternative approach|explanation|form|interpretation|means|method|model|solution|source|strategy|view|way

1 ALTERNATIVE WAY 6465
2 ALTERNATIVE METHOD 6153

I believe we might be at a point where we might want to try some alternative methods.

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3 ALTERNATIVE APPROACH 4546

Isn’t there an alternative approach?

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4 ALTERNATIVE MEANS 3901 5 ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION 3228 6 ALTERNATIVE SOURCE 1925 7 ALTERNATIVE FORM 1735 8 ALTERNATIVE VIEW 1734 9 ALTERNATIVE EXPLANATION 1602 10 ALTERNATIVE MODEL 969 11 ALTERNATIVE STRATEGY 859

12 ALTERNATIVE INTERPRETATION 416