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Irregular English verbs: -ake to -ook (take, shake, forsake)
A few English verbs follow the pattern -ake → -ook → -aken in the past tense. They are all derived from the verb “take”, apart from (...)
March 2, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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Map of life expectancy in Europe
Life expectancy at birth is defined as the number of years a newly born individual in the given country is expected to live on average, (...)
February 25, 2015 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Irregular English verbs: -eave to -eft
There are only three English verbs that follow the pattern -eave /iːv/ → -eft /ɛft/, namely (listed as infinitive – past tense – (...)
February 23, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Than I’ vs. ‘than me’ in English
There has been an ongoing debate whether the correct form after “than” is I, he, she, we, and they or me, him, her, us, and them. (...)
February 23, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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One-syllable adjectives with comparative “more” instead of -er
One of the first rules an English learner learns is that the comparative degree of monosyllabic (one-syllable) adjectives is formed by (...)
February 19, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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How to write and publish a non-fiction book
I have recently published my fourth book, and I thought it would be interesting to let my readers know what it takes to self-publish a (...)
February 18, 2015 – Jakub Marian – Blog
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Are statistical data and scientific results subject to copyright?
I have recently created a map showing the number of books published per year per capita by country in Europe. The figures in the map are (...)
February 4, 2015 – Jakub Marian – Blog
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“In literature” vs. “in the literature” in English
When people write an essay or a scientific paper, they often say that it is possible to “find something in the literature”. But why “the (...)
February 1, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Got’ vs. ‘gotten’ in English
Let’s not beat around the bush with complicated linguistic terms; the difference between “got” and “gotten” is relatively simple. (...)
January 30, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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Number of books published per year per capita by country in Europe
Being an author myself, I was very much interested in the number of books published in different European countries. I wasn’t able to find (...)
January 27, 2015 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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