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Irregular English verbs: -ode and -ade
It is no wonder Raj in the Big Bang theory couldn’t find the right past tense of “forbid”. The verb “bid” in the sense of either issuing a (...)
October 24, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Hair is’ vs. ‘hair are’ vs. ‘hairs are’ in English
The soft matter covering your head is usually referred to using a plural noun in other languages, e.g. die Haare in German or les cheveux (...)
October 22, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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Is 0.999… (repeating) equal to 1?
The short answer is yes. $0.\bar 9$ (zero point 9 repeating) is exactly 1. However, a lot of people find this result counter-intuitive (...)
October 16, 2014 – Jakub Marian – Mathematics
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Irregular English verbs: say, lay, pay
Most English learners are well aware of the pattern -ay/-aid of irregular English verbs. However, this is more the exception than the (...)
October 7, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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Average number of languages spoken by the EU population
The Eurobarometer 386 survey organized by the European Commission provided a lot of insight into linguistic abilities of Europeans, and it (...)
October 6, 2014 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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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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“But humans are at the top of the food chain” argument against vegetarianism
Almost every time there is a discussion about vegetarianism, someone comes up with an argument similar to the following:
Humans are at (...)
September 29, 2014 – Jakub Marian – Blog
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‘Good luck’ vs. ‘a good luck’ in English
Just the other day, I received a reply to the confirmation email all new subscribers to my educational mailing list receive pointing out (...)
September 29, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Wish’ + ‘would’ – subjunctive of a future action in English
I have already written an article about the use of “would” after “wish” when we speak about states and present or habitual actions. As was (...)
September 28, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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Do certain numbers in a lottery have a higher probability of winning than others?
Does going for “nice” sequences of numbers, like 1 2 3 4 5 6, reduce the probability of winning in a lottery? Some people think so. “Have (...)
September 25, 2014 – Jakub Marian – Mathematics
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Map of public debt in Europe
There seems to be an interesting trend in geographic distribution of public debt in Europe. While Western Europe is traditionally (...)
September 22, 2014 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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