The BBI Combinatory Dictionary of English: A Guide to Word Combinations

by Morton Benson, Evelyn Benson, Robert F. Ilson

This unique dictionary gives essential collocations of English in an easily accessible form. It shows which word combinations exist in English and which grammatical constructions are possible. Whenever possible, the collocations are listed under the noun, so that in order to find out, for instance, which verb goes with oath, one simply looks up oath and finds to administer an oath to smb; to swear, take an oath, etc. The BBI is an invaluable tool for tasks such as letter writing and translating and an ideal text for intermediate and advanced instruction in English. It gives 70,000 collocations and phrases under a total of 14,000 main entries, while every effort has been made to exclude superfluous constructions such as those predictable on the basis of the general rules of English syntax.

Genres: Reference, Language, Linguistics, Nonfiction

322 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1986

Reviews

[Yiwen Zhang]

我用过的最便捷实用的词典了...尤其适用于不知道如何用动词搭配某个名词的时候，简直是救星般的存在。（没错，我的英文写作水平还是辣么的烂

[petya dimova]

my favorite dictionary