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‘Kill two birds with one stone’ in European languages
Did you know that the animal proverbially killed in the expression “kill two birds with one stone” differs from country to country? The (...)
November 12, 2017 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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How to understand GDP indicators
Gross domestic product, or GDP for short, is perhaps the single most important measure in modern macroeconomics. That is not to say that (...)
November 5, 2017 – Jakub Marian – Economics
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‘November’ in European languages
The Roman calendar started in March, not January, making November the ninth month of the year—hence the name, from Latin novem, “nine”. (...)
November 2, 2017 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Present subjunctive in English
The present subjunctive is a really easy mood to use: it is always identical to the infinitive in English, and speakers of other Germanic (...)
November 1, 2017 – Jakub Marian – English
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GDP of Arab League Countries 2016
The Arab League is a regional organization of 22 countries where (a dialect of) the Arabic language is spoken. The following table shows (...)
October 26, 2017 – Jakub Marian – Economics
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Prostitution laws in Europe
The oldest profession in the world is subject to completely different laws in different parts of the world, and the situation in Europe in (...)
October 22, 2017 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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“Criteria” – singular or plural?
The media seem to have been plagued with expressions like “the criteria is” lately. Unfortunately, such expressions are incorrect because (...)
October 16, 2017 – Jakub Marian – English
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What is $0^0$ ($0$ to the power $0$)?
A short answer to this question is that $0^0$ is usually left undefined in introductory calculus classes, just like $0/0$, but it is often (...)
October 15, 2017 – Jakub Marian – Mathematics
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‘In formal context’ vs. ‘in a formal context’ in English
“Context” can be a countable as well as an uncountable noun. When you speak about context in general, the word is usually uncountable, (...)
October 6, 2017 – Jakub Marian – English
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So, thus, therefore, and hence in English
Since you are reading this article in English, the odds are you already know what the conjunction “so” means. You probably also know that (...)
October 5, 2017 – Jakub Marian – English
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