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Old 27-Nov-2003, 02:37
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Originally Posted by Red5
One element of improving your vocabulary is learning which verbs go with which nouns - also called collocations. For example: Do you make or do a mess? Does he miss or lose an opportunity? Here is a series of collocation...

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Source: English as 2nd Language
English as 2nd Language

I heard someone say "They give a lot of value to their families."

Isn't "They place a lot of value on their families." more like how it would normally be said?

I think so.

give value to - or - place value on
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