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I was aware there were 2 issues involved here: "the wrong collocation and excess information" and I totally agree with your final analysis here, Lolwhites. (At least I am happy to call it the final analysis.) I am new to these discussions and have another question: many of you seem to google certain...

No, I don't agree with that, Juan. There is nothing silly about "eating lunch". In fact in many Asian languages and in my native Dutch you "eat lunch", you don't "have lunch". And that is exactly what a collocation is. It is a combination of words that commonly occur together. So in Dutch the colloc...

But that is exactly what a collocation is. The collocation "have a cup of tea" is much stronger than "drink a cup of tea". Although i don't know Grice's maxims, there seems to be no contradiction. They support each other.

I don't know these DVDs, but can't you borrow them from your friend for a while to see if you like them?

I think your own translation is closest - type of activity. I am originally Dutch but haven't spoken it for years, so i am not familiar with the word "werkvorm". When we talked about actcities in the staffroom, we talk about the "kind of activities" we do.

Point taken. I have changed the message. hope you can change yours. Thanks.
Luke

A few years ago i was wondering about the same question because I had students in my classes who would not learn at all as well as students who made great progress. I started thinking about this because it baffled me. In fact, i wrote a whole book about it entitled “7 Factors that Make or Break lang...

I think the answer to your question has to do with collocation - words that we commonly use together and the way we say things. Nothing to do with grammar. When i was learning English as a second language, there were many occasions where my Australian wife could not explain why we say things in a ce...

Hi Karina I find this a really interesting subject myself. So here goes: Age: 48 Gender: M Mother Tongue: Dutch 1.How long have you been speaking English?(skip this question if you are a native speaker) 23 years 2.Have you ever lived in English speaking country? If yes, for how long? (skip this ques...

This is a late reply but I just started looking at these boards. I think it is possible to sound like a native speaker but it takes a fair bit of work. i am originally Dutch and after 23 years, some people still notice a slight accent. Most people i meet ask me if I am South-African. Anyway, a few y...