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Wine consumption in Europe by country per year per capita
Wine is one of the most popular alcoholic beverages in Europe, with the French alone consuming about the same amount of wine as the whole (...)
June 15, 2016 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Difference between ‘viewpoint’ and ‘point of view’ in English
In the figurative senses, a point of view and a viewpoint are essentially the same thing. They both refer to an attitude or a way of (...)
June 14, 2016 – Jakub Marian – English
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Difference between ‘alright’ and ‘all right’ in English
The only traditionally accepted way to write the expression “all right” (meaning “acceptable, satisfactory”) is as two separate words. (...)
June 12, 2016 – Jakub Marian – English
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Difference between “mum” and “mom” in English
The difference between “mum” and “mom” is the same as the one between “colour” and “color”—the former is used predominantly in British (...)
June 12, 2016 – Jakub Marian – English
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Verbs in Esperanto: Explanation and conjugation patterns
Verbs are important building blocks of most (if not all) human languages. They usually describe either actions or states of being, but (...)
June 9, 2016 – Jakub Marian – Esperanto
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By the way, have you already seen my brand new web app for non-native speakers of English? It's based on reading texts and learning by having all meanings, pronunciations, grammar forms etc. easily accessible. It looks like this:
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School holidays by country in Europe (map)
Each country’s government determines the dates and duration of school holidays—and these are completely independent of school holidays (...)
June 3, 2016 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Labelling articles as “per capita” when the unit used is different
After I published my recent article about the Number of metal bands per capita in Europe, I got quite a few comments saying that my use of (...)
May 29, 2016 – Jakub Marian – Mathematics
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‘Is gone’ vs. ‘has gone’ in English
We know it from films: The main hero is dying in his friend’s arms, saying his last words. Then his eyes close, and the friend says, with (...)
May 28, 2016 – Jakub Marian – English
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Difference between “ausdrucken” and “ausdrücken” in German
The verbs “drucken” and “drücken” in German are often confused by non-native speakers, especially by those who cannot pronounce the vowel (...)
May 27, 2016 – Jakub Marian – German
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Difference between ‘intrinsic’ and ‘inherent’
If you read the dictionary definitions of the words intrinsic and inherent, you will probably come to the conclusion that they mean (...)
May 25, 2016 – Jakub Marian – English
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