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Origin of the words ‘camelopard’ and ‘giraffe’
Despite David Mitchell’s funny rant about the origin of the word camelopard, an archaic English word for giraffe, camelopard is not a (...)
June 28, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Wait for’ vs. ‘wait on’ – which preposition?
When you await someone or something, the historically more common way of saying it (before the year 1800) was that you “wait on them” or (...)
June 27, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘A lot of’, ‘a number of’, ‘a couple of’ – singular or plural verb?
Although “a lot” is, grammatically speaking, a noun in the singular (like “a house” or “a book”), “a lot of” functions as a so-called (...)
June 24, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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Why buying Facebook ads for page likes is a complete waste of money
My Facebook page recently got close to about 5,800 followers, and I thought it would be nice to help it reach 6,000 with the help of (...)
June 23, 2015 – Jakub Marian – Blog
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‘Anybody have’ vs. ‘anybody has’ in questions
Have you ever heard someone say, “Anybody have an idea how …?”, and wondered whether it should be “anybody has”? Although “anybody” is (...)
June 21, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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Difference between economics, economy, economic, and economical
The economy is, according to the Oxford Learner’s Dictionary, “the relationship between production, trade and the supply of money in a (...)
June 18, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Alternate’ vs. ‘Alternative’: The Difference
The adjective alternative is used when there are several different options, one of which is more important than the others—the other (...)
June 17, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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Languages Voted Most Useful in the EU by Country
The Eurobarometer 386 survey asked people about their language abilities and attitudes to language learning. One of the questions asked (...)
June 16, 2015 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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‘All those money’ vs. ‘all that money’ in English
Saying “all those money” instead of “all that money” is a common mistake among speakers of languages where “money” is a plural noun, such (...)
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Advice or advices – singular or plural?
Slightly surprisingly, “advice” is an uncountable (mass) noun in English (like “water” or “sand”), and as such it has no plural (...)
June 13, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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