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‘Used to’ vs. ‘would’ in English
Both “would” and “used to” can be used to speak about an activity that someone did regularly long time ago:
Every Sunday, I used to go (...)
September 15, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Will’ after ‘whether’ in English
You were probably taught that you shouldn’t use “will” after “if” in conditional clauses, for example:
correct If you don’t receive (...)
September 13, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Hear doing’ vs. ‘hear do’ in English
Verbs of perception (such as “hear”, “see”, “feel”, and others) can be used both with the -ing form (e.g. “hear doing”) and with the (...)
September 11, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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Learn how to avoid the most common mistakes in English with my guide
Some mistakes in English are incredibly common: irregular plurals, (...)
September 6, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Many’, ‘much’, ‘a lot of’, and ‘lots of’ in English
These four phrases, “many”, “much”, “a lot of”, and “lots of”, all express a similar idea of a large amount of something, but they are not (...)
August 24, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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“Wants that I do” / “wants me to do” in English
If you want to express that someone wants “that someone else does something”, the idiomatic way to do that in English is using the phrase (...)
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‘Many money’ vs. ‘much money’ in English
Just like water, sugar, or love, money (in its most common sense) is an uncountable noun. This means, in particular, that you cannot say (...)
August 15, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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Why are English words so short?
Being a user (and a passive reader) of several languages, I’ve noticed that English words tend to be shorter on average than words in (...)
August 9, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Lend’ vs. ‘borrow’ in English
The verbs “lend” and “borrow” are among the most commonly confused words in the English language. Why? Because they are often translated (...)
August 4, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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“Several thousands” / “several thousand” in English
“Hundred”, “thousand”, “million”, etc., when they are used in the names of numbers (i.e. when they are preceded with a number) are always (...)
July 31, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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