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School holidays by country in Europe (map)
Each country’s government determines the dates and duration of school holidays—and these are completely independent of school holidays (...)
June 3, 2016 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Labelling articles as “per capita” when the unit used is different
After I published my recent article about the Number of metal bands per capita in Europe, I got quite a few comments saying that my use of (...)
May 29, 2016 – Jakub Marian – Mathematics
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‘Is gone’ vs. ‘has gone’ in English
We know it from films: The main hero is dying in his friend’s arms, saying his last words. Then his eyes close, and the friend says, with (...)
May 28, 2016 – Jakub Marian – English
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Difference between “ausdrucken” and “ausdrücken” in German
The verbs “drucken” and “drücken” in German are often confused by non-native speakers, especially by those who cannot pronounce the vowel (...)
May 27, 2016 – Jakub Marian – German
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Difference between ‘intrinsic’ and ‘inherent’
If you read the dictionary definitions of the words intrinsic and inherent, you will probably come to the conclusion that they mean (...)
May 25, 2016 – 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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Number of metal bands per capita in Europe
One of my readers asked me to create a map showing the “density” of metal bands in European countries—and so I did. The following map (...)
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‘Invest time in’ vs. ‘invest time into’ in English
Long story short, the correct idiom is “invest time in something” (meaning “to put your time into something”):
correct He invested a (...)
May 23, 2016 – Jakub Marian – English
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Is German an SVO language?
The order of the subject, verb, and object in a sentence (abbreviated S, V, and O, respectively) is one of the ways linguists categorize (...)
May 22, 2016 – Jakub Marian – German
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What you need to know about Esperanto
Esperanto is the most widely spoken constructed language in the world today, spoken by several million speakers. What that means is that (...)
May 22, 2016 – Jakub Marian – Esperanto
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Pronunciation of ‘oo’ in English – long or short?
There are two common and three uncommon pronunciations of the digraph “oo”. In the early stages of the development of English, “oo” was (...)
April 25, 2016 – Jakub Marian – English
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