grammatical collocations – English Grammar Profiler

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Here are 8 basic sub-categories of grammatical collocations: 

  • preposition + noun (see below)
  • noun + preposition (see below)
  • noun + to-infinitive (research on another page)
  • noun + that-clause (click here)
  • adjective + preposition
  • adjective + to-infinitive
  • adjective + that-clause 
  • There are 19 different verb patterns including verb + to-infinitive,  verb + bare infinitive etc.

For more information read. A search in NOW corpus for: (These do not include ‘of’ or ‘for’) 1 ACCESS TO 1779756 2 PEOPLE IN 1259746 3 ROLE IN 956767 4 TIME IN 946237 5 INCREASE IN 842273 6 PLACE IN 817268 7 IMPACT ON 765015 8 MILLION IN 734760 9 INFORMATION ABOUT 725266 10 THANKS TO 673009 11 INTEREST IN 647788 12 INFORMATION ON 643698 13 PART IN 588145 14 WAY TO 579647 15 YEARS IN 572592 16 LOOK AT 568161 17 BILLION IN 525276 18 GROWTH IN 493936 19 YEAR IN 473705 20 PHOTO BY 467496 21 FOCUS ON 426669

22 GUIDELINES BY 426049

Spectrum of the Seas is taking appropriate measures under guidelines by the Department of Health.

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23 HATRED AGAINST 420787

These laws also reinforce stigma and hatred against sex workers.

24 REPORT ON 419942 25 COMMITMENT TO 418328 26 CHANGE IN 412225 27 CHANGES IN 408846 28 RESPONSE TO 401064 29 ATTENTION TO 390987 30 VISIT TO 387371 31 WOMEN IN 384499 32 SCHOOL IN 382973 33 PEOPLE FROM 380510 34 APPROACH TO 374764 35 DATA FROM 370573 36 HOME IN 369657 37 RETURN TO 345030 38 INVESTMENT IN 341043 39 PRESSURE ON 338663 40 LIFE IN 336816 41 WIN OVER 335505 42 RISE IN 333810 43 GAME IN 329480 44 TEAM IN 328838 45 DAYS AFTER 327906 46 CASES IN 319786 47 DAY IN 318579 48 VIEWS ON 316172 49 PLAYERS IN 313227 50 BACK TO 312759 51 LETTER TO 311897 52 CHANGES TO 308266 53 SCHEME IN 306025 54 TRIP TO 304141 55 HOUSE IN 301100 56 COURT IN 300966 57 INVESTIGATION INTO 298759 58 POINT IN 295510 59 GOVERNMENT IN 294060 60 GAME AGAINST 293419 61 OFFICE IN 292961 62 CENT IN 291862 63 GAMES IN 289440 64 QUESTIONS ABOUT 288653 65 STAKE IN 286549 66 ATTACK ON 284194 67 EFFECT ON 283388 68 EXPERIENCE IN 280445 69 YEARS AFTER 279996 70 PLACE ON 277534 71 INFORMATION IN 277434 72 WEEK IN 277426 73 WORK IN 276941 74 POSITION IN 274461 75 HOSPITAL IN 272356 76 BACK IN 270527 77 COURT ON 265657 78 CHILDREN IN 262265 79 POINTS IN 262190 80 CONCERNS ABOUT 258967 81 LOSS TO 258128 82 PLAYER IN 255974 83 SUPPORT FROM 254764 84 THREAT TO 254267 85 LEADER IN 254088 86 PERCENT IN 252612 87 SERVICES TO 252517 88 CONFIDENCE IN 250235 89 PLACE AT 249088 90 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 247249 91 TIMES IN 246839 92 STATEMENT ON 246832 93 TRIBUTE TO 245537 94 WORK ON 243324 95 VICTORY OVER 242257 96 COMMITTEE ON 241377 97 COMPLAINT ABOUT 240122 98 BUSINESS IN 239589 99 PEOPLE ON 237350

100 SHARES IN 235754

C1: guidelines, hatred
C2: stake, tribute A search in iWeb corpus for: 1 IN FACT 1478230 2 AS PART 874646 3 AT HOME 842637 4 IN MIND 799940 5 IN PLACE 716105 6 OVER TIME 486916 7 IN TIME 383552 8 IN ADVANCE 379754 9 AT NIGHT 376884 10 IN LOVE 322937 11 AT WORK 321332 12 AT TIMES 307936 13 IN LIFE 302880 14 PER DAY 298228 15 PER YEAR 285284 16 TO PEOPLE 275323 17 IN TURN 275281 18 TO LIFE 269244 19 ON EARTH 264191 20 IN ORDER 254763 21 TO WORK 244366 22 TO DATE 240987 23 ON TWITTER 237651 24 BY DEFAULT 235694 25 INTO ACCOUNT 228124 26 TO SCHOOL 224324 27 IN BUSINESS 220565

28 AT RISK 215410

collocates of ‘at risk’ in COCA: It‘s human lives that could be put at risk. 2 CHILDREN 726 3 PUTTING 650 4 STUDENTS 568 5 LIVES 405 6 PUTS 382 7 NATION 259 8 DEVELOPING 238 9 READING 219

10 PATIENTS 216

29 TO OTHERS 204589 30 PER MONTH 200232 31 IN PERSON 197446 32 ON TIME 193168 33 ON TOP 184674 34 PER WEEK 181568 35 TO DEATH 175704 36 IN SCHOOL 175007 37 FROM HOME 174497 38 ON HAND 168151 39 ON CAMPUS 160073 40 IN USE 158832 41 IN HISTORY 157367 42 ON AVERAGE 156986 43 IN QUESTION 154542 44 TO POST 154389 45 TO PRACTICE 152936 46 IN SIZE 150893 47 IN REALITY 150185 48 IN ENGLISH 149941 49 TO STUDENTS 145553 50 IN CONTRAST 145327 51 BY LAW 140830 52 ON SALE 140576 53 IN COLLEGE 134374 54 IN NATURE 134219 55 IN ACTION 132338 56 IN TOWN 129266 57 IN PRISON 126996 58 AT SCHOOL 126629 59 IN PRACTICE 125269 60 PER HOUR 125123 61 IN COURT 123886 62 IN EFFECT 123672 63 ON TRACK 123358 64 IN WATER 122278 65 IN AREAS 119501 66 BY HAND 118866 67 FROM SCRATCH 118853 68 TO BED 117642 69 IN HAND 116483 70 PER PERSON 115526 71 AT AGE 114852 72 TO POWER 113376 73 ON DISPLAY 110561 74 ON STAGE 110476 75 IN EXCHANGE 108723 76 IN PATIENTS 108261 77 VIA EMAIL 106026 78 PER GAME 105078 79 ON TV 104976 80 IN LINE 104926 81 IN GAME 103600 82 IN COMPARISON 102699 83 TO BOOK 101317 84 BY EMAIL 101129 85 OF TIME 100974 86 IN DETAIL 100969 87 IN EDUCATION 100148 88 PER SHARE 99184 89 IN PARTNERSHIP 97820 90 TO CUSTOMERS 97755

91 ON SITE 97468

The paramedic is on site and is cordoning off the area. 92 IN TOTAL 95792 93 AMONG OTHERS 95536 94 IN WRITING 95208 95 AT HAND 94922 96 IN SECTION 94814 97 IN LENGTH 94134 98 ON PAPER 94047 99 IN CLASS 93478

100 IN CONTROL 93208

campus, comparison, contrast, partnership, reality, risk, scratch