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‘Did he died’ vs. ‘did he die’ in English
The phrase “Did he died?” is a running joke in the comment sections of YouTube and similar websites. People use it when something mildly (...)
March 27, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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Difference between ‘super’ and ‘superb’ in English
Both “super” and “superb” are common, but they are not completely interchangeable. Super is used nowadays mostly as an adverb meaning (...)
March 24, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Make a photo’ vs. ‘take a photo’ in English
When you use a camera to “capture” a picture of something, lots of languages describe the situation using the verb “make” (e.g. ein Foto (...)
March 22, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Happy about’ vs. ‘happy with’ in English
The distinction between “happy about” and “happy with” is a subtle one, and sometimes the two expressions are quite interchangeable. As a (...)
March 19, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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What does “idiomatic” mean when speaking about language?
An idiom is an expression whose meaning cannot be directly derived from the meanings of the words it contains. Hence one of the meanings (...)
March 17, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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Poe’s poem The Raven explained for English learners
Each line of the poem (apart from the last line of each stanza) is divided into two halves in the following text (which is based on my (...)
March 9, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Eat healthily’ vs. ‘eat healthy’ in English
When you want to express that the manner in which you eat is healthy, you can do so using the adverb “healthily” (or “healthfully”) or by (...)
March 6, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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Irregular English verbs: -ake to -ook (take, shake, forsake)
A few English verbs follow the pattern -ake → -ook → -aken in the past tense. They are all derived from the verb “take”, apart from (...)
March 2, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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Irregular English verbs: -eave to -eft
There are only three English verbs that follow the pattern -eave /iːv/ → -eft /ɛft/, namely (listed as infinitive – past tense – (...)
February 23, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Than I’ vs. ‘than me’ in English
There has been an ongoing debate whether the correct form after “than” is I, he, she, we, and they or me, him, her, us, and them. (...)
February 23, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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