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Household debt in Europe by country (2012)
There is a worrying tendency among households in European countries to spend more than they can afford. The following map shows the (...)
December 8, 2014 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Irregular English verbs: bleed, feed, lead…
A common pattern among irregular English verbs is characterized by the change in pronunciation /iːd/ → /ɛd/ in the past tense and past (...)
December 7, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Translate to’ vs. ‘translate into’ in English
It is sometimes hard to tell whether to use “to” or “into” in English, and I am afraid people have to learn it by heart in most but the (...)
December 4, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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Articles before possessive ’s
Students who are unsure whether to use the definite or the indefinite article before a noun often try to camouflage this by using (...)
December 2, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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Milk consumption in Europe in liters per year per capita
There seem to be vast differences in milk consumption among European countries, and if you live in one of the countries shown below, I (...)
December 1, 2014 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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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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Splitting phrasal verb and preposition (particle) in English
Why do we say “he let her down” but not “he looked her after”? It has nothing to do with the fact that the first sentence expresses (...)
November 28, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘His doing’ vs. ‘him doing’ – possessives and gerunds in English
Some traditional grammarians would try to convince you that it is wrong to use the form object pronoun + gerund (e.g. “him doing”) when (...)
November 23, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Consumer’ vs. ‘customer’ in English
English learners sometimes confuse the words “consumer” and “customer”. Although they look similar and the distinction is not important (...)
November 22, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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The horror of the German Foreigners Registration Office
I am not German, but being a citizen of another EU country living in Germany, I never had to deal with any German authority for foreigners (...)
November 16, 2014 – Jakub Marian – Blog
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‘Block’ vs. ‘bloc’ (vs. ‘blog’) in English
Ok, the “blog” part of the title was a joke; most people know that blogs are websites like this one used to publish articles (usually (...)
November 12, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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