The acquisition of words is indispensable when it comes to language learning. In fact, without words we cannot go anywhere. However, it needs to be done in an effective way. A good technique is not to try to acquire individual words, but instead learn collocations, which are basically groups of words. Does this sound natural?

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ruthampton · Answer

Today I learned what "collocations" is.

thelittlelamb · Answer

Very natural! Your grammar is pretty good.

You could also use ;

In fact, without words we cannot go anywhere; however, it needs to be done in an effective way.

http://www.colonsemicolon.com   is a good reference for using the semicolon

A good technique is to try to *not acquire individual words but instead learn collocations, which are basically groups of words.    Remove the comma before "but"

All together: The acquisition of words is indispensable when it comes to language learning. In fact, without words we cannot go anywhere; however, it needs to be done in an effective way. A good technique is to try to not acquire individual words but instead learn collocations, which are basically groups of words.

Today I learned what "collocations" is.

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