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Word order in questions in English
Word order in questions in English is something people usually get used to very fast, but it may become confusing in connection with (...)
July 17, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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English words that have two possible pronunciations
There are many English words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently. Such words are called heteronyms (more loosely also (...)
July 15, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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“Suited for” / “suited to” in English
It is hard to make a mistake in this case as both “suited for” and “suited to” are correct (and the same applies to “ill-suited” and (...)
July 13, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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I look forward to hear/hearing from you
The phrase “look forward to” differs from other verbs followed by “to”. This article explains in detail how to use it correctly. (...)
July 11, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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Word order in subordinate clauses in English
Word order differs between questions and subordinate clauses (i.e. sentences beginning like “the place where …”, “the time when …”, (...)
July 10, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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English words with foreign pronunciation
English is a mixture of (Old) French, Latin, Greek and Anglo-Saxon. Many words still retain some remnants of their original pronunciation, (...)
June 28, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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Pronunciation of ‘schedule’ in American and British English
The word “schedule” can be somewhat confusing, even for native speakers. The reason is that it is pronounced differently in the UK and in (...)
June 26, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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Is English a hard language?
This question may be somewhat controversial, but, in my opinion, English is a very hard language to learn. When speaking about difficulty, (...)
June 25, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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Pronunciation of ‘photograph’, ‘photographer’, and ‘photographic’ in English
Photograph, pronounced /ˈfəʊtəgrɑːf/ (fəu-tə-graaf) (UK), /ˈfoʊtəgræf/ (foh-tə-græf) (US), is synonymous to a photo, not the (...)
June 6, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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Pronunciation of ‘grind’ in English
There are only 4 English words that end with “rind”: rind, grind, regrind, and tamarind. Tamarind is a tree, and it is the only one of (...)
June 5, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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