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Pronunciation of ‘Edinburgh’ in English
Edinburgh, the name of the capital of Scotland, has slipped into many other languages in an almost unchanged written form, but its (...)
January 9, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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List of words with a silent ‘h’ in English
First, let me note that some people use “an” as the indefinite article form before “historic”, “horrific”, “hotel” and a couple more words (...)
January 8, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Crying need’ – English idiom with meaning and examples
Crying need is an informal expression for a desperate or a very strong need for something (or someone). For example:
There’s a crying (...)
January 7, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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“How / what does it look like” in English
One thing I keep reading on the Internet is the expression “How does it look like?” Sadly, this sentence doesn’t make any sense. The (...)
January 7, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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Pronunciation of ‘schizophrenia’ in English
A German heart will skip a beat when seeing this word; not just because schizophrenia was originally described and researched by German (...)
January 7, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘At the end of the day’ – English idiom with meaning and examples
At the end of the day is an idiomatic expression meaning “ultimately”, “in the end”, and it also often has a flavour of “after all”. For (...)
January 5, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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Witty and funny quotes about art by Twain, Bukowski, Edison, Valéry and others
“Abstract art: a product of the untalented sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.” (...)
January 1, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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The true meaning of the word ‘decimation’
Every time someone uses the word “decimate” in the sense of “severely reduce”, a raging language purist appears out of nowhere explaining (...)
December 30, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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Why do hyphens in English adjectives matter?
I’ve just read a nice example of why hyphenating adjectives consisting of multiple words matters in English. Consider the following (...)
December 23, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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“Could care less” / “couldn’t care less” in English
It’s always been a mystery to me why some people (especially Americans) say “I could care less”. If you “could care less”, you (...)
December 20, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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