Forum newsfeeds
Forum Newsfeeds


Sites for Teachers

Sites for Teachers

Home > Forums > ESL Forums

Go Back   UsingEnglish.com ESL Forum > Learning English > Ask a Teacher
collocation collocation
Register FAQDonate Members List Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Notices
You are welcome to answer questions posted in the Ask a Teacher forum as long as your suggestions, help, and advice reflect a good understanding of the English language. If you are not a teacher, you will need to state that clearly at the top of your post. Please note, all posts are moderated by our in-house language experts, so make sure your suggestions, help, and advice house the kind of information an international language teacher would offer. If not, and your posts do not contribute to the topic in a positive way, they will be subject to deletion.

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1 (permalink)  
Old 16-Sep-2005, 12:41
Katiiiia
Guest
  
Posts: n/a
Default collocation
Could you please tell me if it is possible to say 'rise a salary'?
Does this sentence sound OK:
My boss rose my salary up to £2000 a year.


Thanks
Reply With Quote
Sponsored Links
  #2 (permalink)  
Old 16-Sep-2005, 13:38
DBP DBP is offline
Junior Member
  
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 52
First Language: English
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
DBP is on a distinguished road
Default Re: collocation
Quote:
Originally Posted by Katiiiia
Could you please tell me if it is possible to say 'rise a salary'?
Does this sentence sound OK:
My boss rose my salary up to £2000 a year.
Thanks
A salary can rise but a boss can't 'rise' a salary, Katiiiia.

My boss raised my salary to £2000 a year.

My salary rose to $2000 a year.

I got a raise to $2000 a year.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Edit Tags
Tags
collocation

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »
Thread Tools
Display Modes
Linear Mode Linear Mode

Posting Rules
You may post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
collocation Anonymous UsingEnglish.com Content 7 19-Jun-2006 22:20
Collocations Thinking Ask a Teacher 1 01-Sep-2005 08:28
collocation Unregistered Ask a Teacher 2 16-Feb-2005 06:38
Collocation Anonymous Ask a Teacher 1 13-Sep-2004 12:18


New To Site? Need Help?

All times are GMT. The time now is 23:30.
UsingEnglish.com ESL RSS Feeds - Contact Us - UsingEnglish.com ESL - Archive - Privacy Statement - ^ Back to Top

vBulletin, Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.2.0
Copyright © 2002 - 2008 UsingEnglish.com