COCA Exercise 2

1.      Please show us the differences between anyway and any way by COCA through collocation and/or KWIC.

Expanded context:

(anyway)

Fifty-four years ago, it was a racist white woman and a Jamaican man got together -- I know, weird combination. Anyway, they got together, and they had Stephanie Rose Rick, which is me. "

Expanded context:

(any way)

I've seen some of the stories you are talking about around this election and personally I think the idea that fake news on Facebook, of which it's a very small amount of the content, influenced the election in any way is a pretty crazy idea.

As you can see, from the results and examples above, the word “anyway” is usually used as an adverb. As for the phrase “any way”, it is more like a noun phrase, not an adverb. From the first expanded context, “anyway” is a transition word. Therefore, when we use the word “anyway”, that expresses a change of manners of speaking and sometimes means the end of a conversation. The phrase “any way” is used to mean that someone uses various methods to achieve his or her goal. We often use “ in any way” to express to finish, to make it ,and to achieve a target.

2.      Please show us the differences between effect and affect by COCA through collocation and/or KWIC.

Expanded context:

( effect )

1.      The consumer effect is hard to assess until an airline announces plans. At one time, hopes for a second airport revolved around the idea it would draw Southwest Airlines into the market, but Southwest is now a player at Hartsfield-Jackson.

2.      Bucklew's experience demonstrates how the use of different testing equipment can have a significant effect on someone with asbestos-related disease.

Expanded context:

( affect )

User-defined functions were implemented for the near-wall treatment of flow and particle dynamics 28, which had been demonstrated to be essential for simulating respiratory aerosol dynamics for both nanoparticles 29 and micrometer particles 30. The inhaled aerosol was assumed to be dilute and does not affect airflow.

        According to these examples and sources, we can see that “affect” is used as a transitive verb. And the word “effect” is used as an intransitive verb, so it has to use with prepositions and means to cause something happen. The most common phrase is “ have /has an effect on something”. And also, it can use as a noun with some nouns to mean that a change, an event, or state of affairs that is produced by a cause.

3.      Please show us the grammar and usage of “cope” by COCA through collocation and/or KWIC.

Expanded context:

“A homeowner with a mortgage could easily be getting close to 40 without ever having seen a rate rise. A finance director could have been through two or three jobs without ever having to cope with more expensive borrowing.”

        As you can see, “cope” is a verb. And we can infer from the sentence above that the word “cope” means to deal with some difficult situations. Also, from the table, we found that the grammar of “cope” which most people use is the phrase “cope with”. Secondly, it comes with how. That is not a phrase or something else. The result showed that “how” and “cope” are used in a sentence. For example, we may say, “How did you cope with challenging situations?”