[Lexicog] Collocations with "fire ___ died/went out"

[Rudolph Troike]

Howdy, all,

   I just did a quick G-search on "fire ... died/went out", and got the
following results:

    fire slowly died out        355
    fire slowly went out        146

    fire quickly died out       141
    fire quickly went out       223

    fire gradually died out     138
    fire gradually went out     103

    light gradually died out    159
    light suddenly died out      0

It is obvious that there is not a sharp distinction, but rather a higher
probability that "die out" will collocate with adverbials indicating a slower
process, while "go out" collocates with modifiers indicating a more rapid
process. Different individuals will obviously have a different
"Sprachgefuhl" regarding such matters.

   Best,

   Rudy



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