... packages have made easier access to the investigation into typical lexical items and their collocations of any particular text genres With the writer’s personal interest in collocations as a researcher ... important characteristics of the language of business English, as opposed to the language of general English, are a sense of purpose, intercultural dimension and a need for clear, straightforward and ... Collocations are usually defined as words that typically occur in association with other words; in reality, they run through the whole of the English language and they are as old as the language...