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‘Make homework’ vs. ‘do homework’ in English
First, let me note that “homework” is an uncountable (mass) noun in English. It is a common mistake, even among some non-native teachers (...)
December 27, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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Irregular English verbs: -aught and -ought
A large class of irregular English verbs are characterized by having /ɔːt/ in their pronunciation in the past tense and past participle. (...)
December 9, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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Irregular English verbs: bleed, feed, lead…
A common pattern among irregular English verbs is characterized by the change in pronunciation /iːd/ → /ɛd/ in the past tense and past (...)
December 7, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Translate to’ vs. ‘translate into’ in English
It is sometimes hard to tell whether to use “to” or “into” in English, and I am afraid people have to learn it by heart in most but the (...)
December 4, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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Articles before possessive ’s
Students who are unsure whether to use the definite or the indefinite article before a noun often try to camouflage this by using (...)
December 2, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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Splitting phrasal verb and preposition (particle) in English
Why do we say “he let her down” but not “he looked her after”? It has nothing to do with the fact that the first sentence expresses (...)
November 28, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘His doing’ vs. ‘him doing’ – possessives and gerunds in English
Some traditional grammarians would try to convince you that it is wrong to use the form object pronoun + gerund (e.g. “him doing”) when (...)
November 23, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Consumer’ vs. ‘customer’ in English
English learners sometimes confuse the words “consumer” and “customer”. Although they look similar and the distinction is not important (...)
November 22, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Block’ vs. ‘bloc’ (vs. ‘blog’) in English
Ok, the “blog” part of the title was a joke; most people know that blogs are websites like this one used to publish articles (usually (...)
November 12, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Right side’ vs. ‘right-hand side’ in English
The expressions “right side” and “right-hand side” (and, correspondingly, “left side” and “left-hand side”) are interchangeable in most (...)
November 9, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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