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What is collocation?

Which words conventionally go together. You conduct research rather than make research, and draw a conclusion rather than take one. Both versions are grammatical and only one sounds native. Collocation errors are the single most common thing that makes correct writing read as non-native.

This comes up on Academic English for International Students, where it is answered in the context of the work itself.

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