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◄ Adjectives in -ic or -ical | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | #7 | #8 | |
1) Search for "ironic" and "ironical" in the corpus; which of the two is most commonly used in the corpus?
2) Based on the corpus results, do you find that "ironic" and "ironical" differ in meaning?
3) Search for "classic" and "classical"; which of the two collocates with "music"? (Remember that you can sort the concordances by right word.)
4) Which of the two ("classic" or "classical") is typically used to refer to Greek and Roman culture?
5) Search for "historic" and "historical"; which of the two typically has the meaning "pertaining to history"?
6) Search for "historic" and "historical"; which of the two typically has the meaning "important/notable"?
7) "Hierarchic" and "hierarchical" are said to have the same meaning, but which of the two is most commonly used?
8) Which of the two ("hierarchic" and "hierarchical") collocates with "structure"?
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