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International Corpus of English. See ICE-GB.

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Johansson, Stig, and Hofland, Knut. 1989. Frequency Analysis of English Vocabulary and Grammar, Based on the LOB Corpus. Vol. 2: Tag Combinations and Word Combinations. Oxford: Clarendon.Google Scholar

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Lancaster-Oslo-Bergen Corpus. See LOB.

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LDEL = Longman Dictionary of the English Language. 1991. New ed. Harlow, Essex: Longman.

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