Learning English

(An) information – is there an article? The word “information” is an uncountable noun (also called mass noun) in English, just like “smoke” or “rice”. This means that it is (...) January 4, 2019 – Jakub Marian – English

“I know English” or “I speak English”? Long story short, if you want to say that you can express yourself in English and/or that you can communicate in English, the natural way (...) December 10, 2018 – Jakub Marian – English

English nouns that are only used in the plural There are a few nouns in English that are only used in the plural. They may be confusing for English learners if the equivalent expression (...) November 11, 2018 – Jakub Marian – English

Final consonant doubling in English As you surely know, the final consonant of some verbs gets doubled when the suffix -ing or -ed is added, e.g. stop: stopping, (...) October 9, 2018 – Jakub Marian – English

Origin of the word “kid” The noun “kid” in contemporary English is mostly used to informally refer to a child, e.g. “she’s just a kid” or “only 90s kids will (...) May 12, 2018 – Jakub Marian – English

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English words that change their meaning depending on stress placement English orthography is often ambiguous. For example, the word “read” can be pronounced either /riːd/ (“reed”) or as /rɛd/ (“red”) (...) November 27, 2017 – Jakub Marian – English

Present subjunctive in English The present subjunctive is a really easy mood to use: it is always identical to the infinitive in English, and speakers of other Germanic (...) November 1, 2017 – Jakub Marian – English

“Criteria” – singular or plural? The media seem to have been plagued with expressions like “the criteria is” lately. Unfortunately, such expressions are incorrect because (...) October 16, 2017 – Jakub Marian – English

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‘In formal context’ vs. ‘in a formal context’ in English “Context” can be a countable as well as an uncountable noun. When you speak about context in general, the word is usually uncountable, (...) October 6, 2017 – Jakub Marian – English

So, thus, therefore, and hence in English Since you are reading this article in English, the odds are you already know what the conjunction “so” means. You probably also know that (...) October 5, 2017 – Jakub Marian – English