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Difference between ‘anybody’ and ‘anyone’
Short answer: “Anyone” and “anybody” mean the same, perhaps with one exception. Long answer: Some authors ascribe slightly different (...)
September 5, 2016 – Jakub Marian – English
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Stress position and accents in Italian
Stress placement in Italian is variable, just like in English (the stressed syllable changes from word to word). However, Italian has (...)
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‘Orient’ vs. ‘orientate’ in English
The noun Orient comes from Latin oriens, which means “east”. The word was introduced into English as a general designation for countries (...)
August 30, 2016 – Jakub Marian – English
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Difference between a dialect and a language
Whenever I publish a language map, such as the one of the languages of Europe, I get comments claiming that “Xyz is not a language”. For (...)
August 16, 2016 – Jakub Marian – Language learning
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Origin of the surnames Novak and Nowak
If you take a look at my map of the most common surnames in Europe, you will see that Nowak, Novák, and Novak are the most common (...)
August 16, 2016 – Jakub Marian – Czech
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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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Origin of the German and Austrian surname Gruber
The name Gruber is a moderately popular surname in Germany and the most common surname in Austria. It is, in one way or another, derived (...)
August 15, 2016 – Jakub Marian – German
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Difference between “commenter” and “commentator”
Imagine you want to write a comment to an article you’ve just read. You want to refer to someone else who also posted a comment, so you (...)
August 8, 2016 – Jakub Marian – English
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Difference between ‘dated’ and ‘outdated’ in English
Both “dated” and “outdated” can be used to describe things that are out of date, but the difference is that “dated” usually refers to (...)
August 4, 2016 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Pleaded guilty’ vs. ‘pled guilty’ – which one is correct?
If you “plead guilty”, it means that you state in court that you are guilty of a crime. So far, so good, but what if the action took place (...)
August 3, 2016 – Jakub Marian – English
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Blend words (portmanteaus) in English
English speakers are very creative when it comes to making up new words by combining parts of words that already exist. For example, most (...)
July 28, 2016 – Jakub Marian – English
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