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‘Literally’ and ‘figuratively’ in English
The adverb “literally” means “in the literal or strict sense”. For instance, it is commonly used when translating between two languages (...)
April 13, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Interested in doing’ vs. ‘interested to do’ in English
Some English teachers claim that “interested to” is always wrong, but this claim is not substantiated by actual usage. The fact is, the (...)
April 11, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Shall’ vs. ‘will’ in English
The traditional rule says that “shall” indicates the future tense for the first person (I shall, we shall), while “will” indicates the (...)
April 4, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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One Hundred Most Commonly Mispronounced English Words
This books contains a selection of 100 most important words from my larger book about the most common pronunciation mistakes in (...)
March 29, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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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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By the way, have you already seen my brand new web app for non-native speakers of English? It's based on reading texts and learning by having all meanings, pronunciations, grammar forms etc. easily accessible. It looks like this:
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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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