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Index of knowledge of English in Europe by country
Participants of the Eurobarometer 386 survey (organized by the European Commission) answered various questions about their knowledge of (...)
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Should you eat red and processed meat? The WHO report is just the tip of the iceberg
The World Health Organization recently reported that “processed meat is carcinogenic to humans” and “red meat is probably carcinogenic to (...)
October 28, 2015 – Jakub Marian – Blog
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Is American English ‘simplified’ and British English ‘traditional’?
I saw a funny picture today (see below) of an installation process that asked the user whether they would like to continue in “Traditional (...)
October 22, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘In comparison to’ vs. ‘in comparison with’ in English
Although “compare something to something” and “compare something with something” do not mean the same (you can read more about the (...)
October 19, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Be late for’ vs. ‘be late to’ in English
When you want to take part in some activity and you are late, you can say either that you are “late for the activity” or that you are (...)
October 6, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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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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Total instruction time in compulsory education in European schools (map)
Primary and lower secondary education is compulsory in all European countries (with the exception of Vatican City), but there are huge (...)
September 30, 2015 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Is ‘that’ always restrictive and ‘which’ non-restrictive?
There are two basic types of subordinate (dependent) clauses in English. A clause is called non-restrictive if it adds only parenthetical (...)
September 20, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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Difference between ‘electronic’, ‘electric’, and ‘electrical’
The meanings of “electric”, “electrical”, and “electronic” often overlap, but the three adjectives are not completely interchangeable. The (...)
September 6, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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Comma before ‘because’ in English
“Because” introduces a dependent clause that almost always contains essential information (the whole sentence would sound incomplete (...)
August 31, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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Ukrainian immigration in Europe (map)
Today’s map shows the percentages of residents of European countries who were born in Ukraine (that is, first-generation immigrants of (...)
August 26, 2015 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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