An analysis of verb collocation patterns in English and Persian compares the system of verb collocations in English and Persian, predicts and evaluates the difficulties caused by the minimal differences in verb collocations. According to contrastive lexical approach to verb collocation, English has more choices in the construction of verbs than Persian does. English simple verbs outnumber those of Persian. Unlike Persian, English has a broad range of verb types. Above all, English uses verb collocations to paraphrase a verb; change register; elaborate on nouns; switch from the transitive...