lexical choice reflects

phrase

  1. The words a speaker or writer picks show or signal something — their attitude, identity, level of formality, or intended meaning.

    C1

    usually followed by a noun phrase or a that clause; the verb agrees with the singular subject "choice"formal, academic

    • "In this essay, the lexical choice reflects the writer's attitude towards the government."B2
    • "Her lexical choice reflects her confidence in the proposal."B2
    • "Subtle shifts in lexical choice reflect the translator's ideological stance."C2

Common mistakes

  • The lexical choice reflect the writer's attitude.→The lexical choice reflects the writer's attitude.

    The subject is the singular noun "choice", not "lexical", so the verb needs -s.

Collocations

word choicereflect an attitudereflect a stancelexical variationtone and register

Word family

lexicallexislexiconreflectreflectionreflective