Exercise 3

Concordancer Exercises

Mini-Research Question 3:

Which words come after "no matter"?

First go to http://vlc.polyu.edu.hk/ and find the "Web Concordancer" in the middle of the page.

Type in the word "no matter" in the "Keyword" box. Don’t worry about the first box , which is set at "equal to" , just now. After you’ve typed in "no matter" hit the "Go" icon.

  1. Which words tend to come after "no matter"?

Don’t worry about the first two lines, it becomes obvious after that.

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:2

  1. to ( it is NEVER "pay attention on")

Extra Information

Other verbs that go with attention are:

attract             draw

capture    receive

Check the Web Concordancer to find examples of these combining with 'attention'