Questão 96645

Analyze the following statements regarding the use of collocations in English:

I. The phrase 'heavy rain' is a strong collocation, whereas 'strong rain' is considered a weaker, less natural-sounding collocation for native speakers.

II. In the sentence 'She decided to _______ a course in advanced statistics,' the verb 'do' is the most common and appropriate lexical choice to form a standard collocation.

III. The expression 'to pay a compliment' is a fixed collocation, and substituting 'pay' with 'give' or 'make', as in 'to give a compliment' or 'to make a compliment', would be grammatically incorrect and lexically unnatural in all contexts.

Based on your analysis, which statements are correct?