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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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Common pronunciation errors in English
We all have a mother tongue which functions as a filter for what sounds we are able to distinguish. When you learn a foreign language, you (...)
May 28, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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English words people commonly pronounce wrong
Below is a list of English words commonly mispronounced by learners of English. Pronunciation is given in the International Phonetic (...)
April 9, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Arrive to’ vs. ‘arrive in’ vs. ‘arrive at’ in English
Because of the influence of verbs like “come to”, “move to”, and “go to”, learners of English often tend to use the combination “arrive” + (...)
April 4, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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Learning English with marked stress position
One of the most difficult things about learning English is learning its orthography. It poses problems for native speakers who tend to (...)
March 30, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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Pronunciation of vowels in open and closed syllables in English
Although the concept of open and closed syllables is only rarely taught to learners of English, it is quite easy to grasp and knowing it (...)
March 27, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘On the one hand’ vs. ‘on one hand’ in English
Actually, both “on the one hand” and “on one hand” are considered correct, but “on the one hand” is preferred by many dictionaries (and (...)
March 17, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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