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Pronunciation of ‘hindsight’ and ‘hinder’ in English
After something happens, you have a much better understanding in hindsight of what would have been appropriate to do in such a situation, (...)
August 2, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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English words in which ‘ch’ is pronounced as ‘sh’: An exhaustive list
There are quite a few English words in which “ch” is pronounced as “sh”. I have compiled a list of such words that, I hope, will be (...)
August 1, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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Pronunciation of ‘rationale’, ‘morale’, and ‘chorale’ in English
Rationale means “reasons explaining a particular decision” and is pronounced /ˌræʃəˈnɑːl/ (ræ-shə-naal) in the UK resp. (...)
July 29, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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Pronunciation of letter groups (letter combinations) in English
Unlike some languages in which one grapheme (one letter) corresponds to one phoneme (one sound), English uses a complicated (and largely (...)
July 28, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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Pronunciation of English prefixes and suffixes
There are a few English prefixes and suffixes that are an especially common source of pronunciation errors, mostly because they would be (...)
July 25, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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“People is” / “people are”, “persons” / “people” in English
If you found this article using a search engine, the odds are that what you really mean is “people are”. Although the word people has (...)
July 23, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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“In the case of” / “in case of” in English
It’s easy to make a mistake in this one. If you want to say “if something happens (by chance), then …”, you should use “in case of”, (...)
July 22, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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Pronunciation and usage of ‘ton’ and ‘tonne’ in English
Don’t let your mother tongue mislead you (if it is not English); “ton” in English is pronounced with the /ʌ/ sound (as “o” in “come” or (...)
July 20, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Like more’ vs. ‘like better’, ‘like the most’ vs. ‘like most’, ‘like the best’ vs. ‘like best’
Both “like more” and “like better” (as in the sentence “I like apples more/better than oranges”) are widespread, but “like (...)
July 19, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Badder’ sounds the same as ‘better’
As you certainly know, the correct comparative form of “bad” is “worse”, but one can rarely hear also the slang term “badder” (often used (...)
July 19, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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