English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
COLLOCATIONS
*Not only* was it raining throughout the event, most of the guests didn’t show up (nonstandard).
*Not only* was it raining throughout the event, *but also* the guests didn’t show up (standard). “Not only” is used with “but also” to achieve a grammatical sentence.
These activities are ~prone to success~ (nonstandard).
These activities are *prone to failure* (standard).
When “prone” is used with “to”, the collocation is used to paint a negative scenario.
I am ~looking forward to present~ my paper at the conference (nonstandard).
I am *looking forward to presenting* my paper at the conference (standard).
When ‘looking forward to” is used, it collocates with a verb in the continuous form. This applies to other forms like:
With a view to doing…✔️
With a view to do… ✖️
GAB
