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Difference between ‘stay’ and ‘stand’
To stay means “not to change location or value; to remain”. To stand means “to be in a vertical position (on one’s feet, in case you (...)
July 9, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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Difference between ‘engine’ and ‘motor’
Both engine and motor refer to a device used to convert some form of energy into mechanical motion. They are sometimes used (...)
July 4, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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German suffix -anz: feminine nouns
To say that all German nouns ending with “anz” are feminine would be inaccurate, but there is a grain of truth in that. All German nouns (...)
July 2, 2015 – Jakub Marian – German
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Present perfect with a specific time in the past
The present perfect expresses the idea of “an action that was finished at some unspecified point in the past”. Saying “I have done (...)
July 1, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘On time’ vs. ‘in time’ – the difference
The difference between “on time” and “in time” is a subtle one, and the two expressions may sometimes be used interchangeably. (...)
June 30, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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Origin of the words ‘camelopard’ and ‘giraffe’
Despite David Mitchell’s funny rant about the origin of the word camelopard, an archaic English word for giraffe, camelopard is not a (...)
June 28, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Wait for’ vs. ‘wait on’ – which preposition?
When you await someone or something, the historically more common way of saying it (before the year 1800) was that you “wait on them” or (...)
June 27, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘A lot of’, ‘a number of’, ‘a couple of’ – singular or plural verb?
Although “a lot” is, grammatically speaking, a noun in the singular (like “a house” or “a book”), “a lot of” functions as a so-called (...)
June 24, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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Why buying Facebook ads for page likes is a complete waste of money
My Facebook page recently got close to about 5,800 followers, and I thought it would be nice to help it reach 6,000 with the help of (...)
June 23, 2015 – Jakub Marian – Blog
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‘Anybody have’ vs. ‘anybody has’ in questions
Have you ever heard someone say, “Anybody have an idea how …?”, and wondered whether it should be “anybody has”? Although “anybody” is (...)
June 21, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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