Exercise 5
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Concordancer Exercises |
Mini-Research Question 5:
What common patterns occur after the verb
"prevent"?
First go to http://vlc.polyu.edu.hk/ and find the "Web Concordancer" in the middle of the page.
Type in the word "prevent" in the
"Keyword" box. Don't worry about the first box ,
which is set at "equal to" , just now. After you've typed in "prevent"
hit the "Go" icon.
1. What common patterns occur after the verb "prevent"?
To help you understand what a 'pattern' is, in the
sentence:
"she spends a
lot of time on her studies"
the pattern is: "spend + noun+ on +noun"
There are 178 different examples of 'prevent', so we'll keep it simple and just focus on:
Lines 33, 46, 60, 61,62 and 63.
Look after 'prevent', which pattern do these examples have in common in these examples?
Remember to look out for the answers which will be
given with the next question next week!
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Key to Last Week's Exercise: Research Question: 4