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Difference between economics, economy, economic, and economical
The economy is, according to the Oxford Learner’s Dictionary, “the relationship between production, trade and the supply of money in a (...)
June 18, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Alternate’ vs. ‘Alternative’: The Difference
The adjective alternative is used when there are several different options, one of which is more important than the others—the other (...)
June 17, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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Languages Voted Most Useful in the EU by Country
The Eurobarometer 386 survey asked people about their language abilities and attitudes to language learning. One of the questions asked (...)
June 16, 2015 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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‘All those money’ vs. ‘all that money’ in English
Saying “all those money” instead of “all that money” is a common mistake among speakers of languages where “money” is a plural noun, such (...)
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Advice or advices – singular or plural?
Slightly surprisingly, “advice” is an uncountable (mass) noun in English (like “water” or “sand”), and as such it has no plural (...)
June 13, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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Nouns with identical singular and plural forms
English is, thankfully, not a very irregular language when it comes to nouns. The vast majority of nouns form the plural by simply adding (...)
June 12, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Didn’t find’ vs. ‘haven’t found’ in English
Speakers of Slavic languages are well familiar with the notion of aspect. Aspect expresses how an action relates to the flow of (...)
June 6, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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Equivocal – a confusing word
The word “equivocal” looks like “equally vocal”, and, surprise, surprise, it does come from Latin aequivocus, meaning “of equal voice” or (...)
June 4, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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The illusion of RGB screens
When an animal sees a computer screen, it doesn’t see the same colours as you do because our monitors only properly work for humans. This (...)
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Difference between ‘particular’ and ‘concrete’
The words “concrete” and “particular” get commonly confused by English learners. Of course, we are not talking about “concrete” in the (...)
May 25, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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