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Nouns with identical singular and plural forms
English is, thankfully, not a very irregular language when it comes to nouns. The vast majority of nouns form the plural by simply adding (...)
June 12, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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Mind-boggling Indianisms
I am sure many of you reading this article have never heard or come across this term before. Well, this is a word used a lot in India, (...)
June 7, 2015 – Sateesh Padmanabhan – English
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‘Didn’t find’ vs. ‘haven’t found’ in English
Speakers of Slavic languages are well familiar with the notion of aspect. Aspect expresses how an action relates to the flow of (...)
June 6, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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Equivocal – a confusing word
The word “equivocal” looks like “equally vocal”, and, surprise, surprise, it does come from Latin aequivocus, meaning “of equal voice” or (...)
June 4, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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The illusion of RGB screens
When an animal sees a computer screen, it doesn’t see the same colours as you do because our monitors only properly work for humans. This (...)
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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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Difference between ‘particular’ and ‘concrete’
The words “concrete” and “particular” get commonly confused by English learners. Of course, we are not talking about “concrete” in the (...)
May 25, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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Amount of alcohol consumed per capita by country in Europe (map)
Regular consumption of large amounts of alcohol may lead to various health issues, such as cancer, stroke, dementia, and many others, (...)
May 20, 2015 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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‘At first sight’ vs. ‘at the first sight’ in English
When used with a noun, the adjective “first” is almost always preceded by “the” or a possessive determiner, such as “my”, “your”, “his”, (...)
May 19, 2015 – Jakub Marian – English
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Difference between ‘violet’ and ‘purple’
People say that a picture is worth a thousand words, so let’s take a look at the two colours in comparison (there are various shades of (...)
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Percentage of obese population by country in Europe (map)
Obesity is on the rise in Europe, which is a worrying trend, since obese people are several times more likely to develop heart disease, (...)
May 14, 2015 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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