Author: Jakub Marian

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“Will” after “when” in English
We never use the future tense in time clauses (introduced by phrases like “after”, “as soon as”, “before”, etc.) in English. Should we (...)
July 24, 2014 – Jakub MarianEnglish
Pronunciation of the Greek alphabet in English
Greek letters are widely used in mathematics and other fields of science. There are a couple of differences in pronunciation of the names (...)
July 21, 2014 – Jakub MarianEnglish
Beer consumption in Europe by country per year per capita (map)
The following map shows interesting geographical trends in beer consumption in Europe. I used several sources, as I wasn’t able to find a (...)
July 21, 2014 – Jakub MarianMaps
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“Get off”, “get out of” or “exit” a bus in English
One of the most common activities and still causing troubledo we get off, out of, take off, or exit buses, trains, planes, and cars? (...)
July 20, 2014 – Jakub MarianEnglish
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‘Continue doing’ vs. ‘continue to do’ in English
Apparently, there’s a popular belief among English teachers in China that “continue to do” and “continue doing” mean two different things. (...)
July 17, 2014 – Jakub MarianEnglish, Translate Never

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:

Map of the percentage of population able to speak French in the EU by country
French is a Romance language, and as such one would expect the percentage of its speakers to be much higher among native speakers of other (...)
July 14, 2014 – Jakub MarianFrench, Maps
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Names of numbers above 1000 in English
First, we should note that there is a certain oddity in modern English in the nomenclature for numbers like “one thousand million”, “one (...)
July 13, 2014 – Jakub MarianEnglish
Percentage of the EU population able to hold a conversation in English (by various criteria)
In my visualization of the percentage of the EU population able to hold a conversation in English, I presented separate percentages for (...)
July 10, 2014 – Jakub MarianEnglish
How big are Greenland and Russia in comparison to Africa?
We are all used to seeing the following kind of maps in Google Maps and other map providers (this one, in particular, is taken from Google (...)
July 7, 2014 – Jakub MarianMaps
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Genders in English – Are animals and things he, she, or it?
Unlike most other European languages, Modern English has no grammatical genders. When we speak about an inanimate object, we always refer (...)
July 6, 2014 – Jakub MarianEnglish