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Linggle

The website of Linggle is http://linggle.com/

About Linggle

Linggle is a search engine developed by a team from Taiwan Tsing Hua University, which can help writers to analyze the word meaning and usage.

Useage

a. Search a word or an expression

Example:

Input: present a method _
Ouput: present a method for

or

Input: present a method *
Ouput: present a method for

b. Check if the word is suitable or choose which word is better

Example:

Input: discuss ?about the issue
Ouput: discuss the issue
discuss about the issue

or

Input: discuss on/about the issue
Ouput: discuss on the issue
discuss about the issue

c. Choose the word classes to match an expression

common word classes:

Noun e.g. cat, dog, man, woman
Verb e.g. catch, debug, work, go
Adjective e.g. good, poor, fast, smooth
Adverb e.g. well, quickly, smoothly, poorly
Pronoun e.g. I, you, he, she, it
Preposition e.g. at, on, in, out
Conjunction e.g. for, and, nor, but,
Determiner e.g. the, my, your, his, her, its, our, their, whose
Exclamation e.g. Hello

Example:

Input: prep. the afternoon
Ouput: for afternoon
to afternoon
……

d. Combine the a/b/c useage

Example:

Input: to v. ?prep. ?det. difficulty/difficulties
Ouput: to have difficulty
to overcome the difficulties
……