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‘Help do’ vs. ‘help to do’ vs. ‘help doing’ in English
Both “help someone do something” and “help someone to do something” are acceptable. The form without “to” seems to be more common in (...)
January 25, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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Lie, lied, lay, laid (and layed) in English
The verbs “lie” and “lay” are perhaps the two most confusing irregular English verbs. “Lie” has two meanings: It can mean “not to tell the (...)
January 23, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Clothes is’ vs. ‘clothes are’ in English
The word for “clothes” is singular in many languages, e.g. la ropa in Spanish or die Kleidung in German, and its plural in most contexts (...)
January 20, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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German ä, ö, ü – what’s the difference?
German alphabet contains three additional symbols for vowels, which are often misunderstood or mispronounced by learners whose mother (...)
January 18, 2015 – Jakub Marian – German
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Pronunciation of French ‘e’ in open and closed syllables
Pronunciation of the letter “e” in French changes when it belongs to a larger group of letters or when it is supposed to be silent—you (...)
January 18, 2015 – Jakub Marian – French
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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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Number of seats in the national parliament by country in Europe (total & per capita, map)
The following map shows the total number of seats in the national parliament of each country as of 2015 (national parliament here refers (...)
January 14, 2015 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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‘And’, ‘but’, ‘or’, and ‘so’ at the beginning of a sentence
Most people were told at some point in their lives that starting a sentence with a conjunction is ungrammatical. Long story short, no such (...)
January 12, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘In office’ vs. ‘in the office’ vs. ‘at the office’ in English
After I published my article about being in/at school, one of my readers asked me about the difference between “in office” and “at (...)
January 9, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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Difference between -ung in German and -ing in English
One of the most common mistakes among German learners who just started off is overuse of the German ending -ung, which looks like the (...)
January 8, 2015 – Jakub Marian – German
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Average cigarette consumption per capita by country in Europe (2007)
The following map shows the average number of cigarettes an adult consumes per year. The definition of an adult differs from study to (...)
January 7, 2015 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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