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Land cover of South America
The map below is based on data by the European Space Agency (the CCI project). It shows North America with colouring representing various (...)
November 5, 2018 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Forests of Europe Map
The map below is based on data by the European Space Agency (the CCI project). It shows the two different types of forests in Europe: dark (...)
October 29, 2018 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Land cover of North America
The map below is based on data by the European Space Agency (the CCI project). It shows North America with colouring representing various (...)
October 24, 2018 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Largest city by country in Europe
The map below shows the most populous cities of European countries. The most populous city is almost always the capital, with four (...)
October 16, 2018 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Final consonant doubling in English
As you surely know, the final consonant of some verbs gets doubled when the suffix -ing or -ed is added, e.g.
stop: stopping, (...)
October 9, 2018 – Jakub Marian – English
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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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“Lemon” in European languages
The English word “lemon” comes from Old French limon, which comes from Arabic laymūn or Ottoman Turkish limon, which in turn comes from (...)
October 8, 2018 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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1572 map of Europe by Abraham Ortelius
The map below is a 1572 copy of a map of Europe created by Abraham Ortelius in 1571. I have digitally restored and remastered the map to (...)
October 4, 2018 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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“I love you” in European languages
Did you know that “I love you!” is more commonly used in English than “Good morning!”? (I can prove it!). It is used to express feelings (...)
October 3, 2018 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Tree cover of the Pyrenees
The Pyrenees are a mountain range that forms a natural border between Spain and France. Just like most other European mountain ranges, (...)
October 1, 2018 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Map of quotation marks in European languages
We are all familiar with English quotation marks: “these” (double) and ‘these’ (single). The American style (and the prevalent style in (...)
September 24, 2018 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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