{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/check-a-phrase-in-real-usage",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-1074",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Check a phrase in real usage",
  "summary": "A plausible sentence is not a usage record.",
  "kind": "protocol",
  "body": "Search a suitable corpus and inspect the expression in context. A concordance can reveal nearby words, grammar and genre. Read several independent examples; one scraped page is a weak basis for a language rule.",
  "limits": [
    "A small or genre-biased corpus can mislead. No results do not prove an expression impossible."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "language-transfer-50"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-AC457019B94E2A1D"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "A concordance displays occurrences of a searched expression in surrounding corpus text.",
      "source_id": "RS-AC457019B94E2A1D",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "Occurrences establish examples of use, not correctness in every register.",
      "locator": "Keyword-in-context explanation."
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "A phrase is grammatically possible, but you doubt its naturalness."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "A small or genre-biased corpus can mislead. No results do not prove an expression impossible."
  ],
  "example": "Before writing strongly recommend against, you examine how speakers connect the expression to nouns and -ing forms.",
  "check": "Can you explain why the construction fits this message, using more than a frequency total?",
  "steps": [
    "Search the expression and a plausible alternative.",
    "Inspect surrounding sentences and the source genre.",
    "Write your intended message, then check that the examples support that meaning."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-AC457019B94E2A1D",
      "title": "Concordance: a tool to search a corpus",
      "url": "https://www.sketchengine.eu/guide/concordance-a-tool-to-search-a-corpus/"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "from": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-1074",
      "to": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-1079",
      "type": "useful_with",
      "url": "/knowledge/change-the-request-when-the-situation-changes"
    }
  ],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-E90A0EE1DFD29BBF",
      "title": "Language that survives a new situation",
      "url": "/collections/language-that-survives-a-new-situation"
    }
  ]
}