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‘Both’ vs. ‘either’ in English
Learners of English quite often confuse the words “both” and “either”, probably because these tend to be translated using a single word (...)
May 27, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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“I wish he did” / “I wish he would do” in English
English conditional is one of the most common sources of mistakes for non-native speakers. The most common pattern for conditional (...)
May 25, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘A couple is’ / ‘a couple are’ in English
A common mistake: English learners see “a couple”, which is in the singular, and assume that the verb must be in the singular, too. (...)
May 23, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Boring’ vs. ‘bored’ in English
My mother (who learns English as a second language) asked me how to use words like “bored” and “boring”, “annoyed” and “annoying”, etc. (...)
May 18, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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“You and I” / “you and me” in English
Should you always say “you and I” and avoid “you and me”? Some native speakers will tell you so, but not only does no such rule exist, but (...)
May 17, 2014 – 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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Map of the most spoken foreign languages in the EU by country
It is interesting to see how likely you are to be able to communicate using a foreign language when you travel in Europe. The following (...)
May 15, 2014 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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‘Second’ vs. ‘other’ in English
Imagine the following scenario: you are sitting next to a relative at a family gathering. There are two bottles that you cannot reach, and (...)
May 10, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Subtract / subtraction’ vs. ‘substract / substraction’ in English
I have heard a lot of people using the word “substract”, respectively its derived form “substraction”. Long story short, the correct forms (...)
May 9, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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Calculus of finite differences without variables
This article contains an elementary introduction to calculus of finite differences. Instead of working with a variable, say $n$, it uses a (...)
May 8, 2014 – Jakub Marian – Mathematics
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“A couple things” / “a couple of things” in English
Some people will tell you that it’s completely fine to say “a couple things”, others that you cannot use “a couple” without “of” at all. (...)
May 5, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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