A problem that many ESL students face is collocations. What are collocations? Words that go together in a certain order. The native English speaker will feel like the expression sounds right it doesn't. What is an example of a collocation? Let's use 'Salt and Pepper' as an example. Source: www.tes.com - https://www.tes.com/lessons/GXxDALR09H8o1w/not-your-normal-salt-pepper-shakers [ NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE RAP GROUP 'Salt N' Pepa ']. Source: Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_Necessary#/media/File:Salt-N-Pepa-Very_Necessary_(album_cover).jpg Why do we say 'Salt and Pepper' and not 'Pepper and Salt'? Structurally, the individual who says "Can you pass me the pepper and salt?" is not wrong. However native English speakers have grown accustomed to saying this in this order. In other words, the collocation is relative to the cultural preference in the order of the words. An example of the cultural preferen