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Average number of languages spoken by the EU population
The Eurobarometer 386 survey organized by the European Commission provided a lot of insight into linguistic abilities of Europeans, and it (...)
October 6, 2014 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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“But humans are at the top of the food chain” argument against vegetarianism
Almost every time there is a discussion about vegetarianism, someone comes up with an argument similar to the following:
Humans are at (...)
September 29, 2014 – Jakub Marian – Blog
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‘Good luck’ vs. ‘a good luck’ in English
Just the other day, I received a reply to the confirmation email all new subscribers to my educational mailing list receive pointing out (...)
September 29, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Wish’ + ‘would’ – subjunctive of a future action in English
I have already written an article about the use of “would” after “wish” when we speak about states and present or habitual actions. As was (...)
September 28, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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Do certain numbers in a lottery have a higher probability of winning than others?
Does going for “nice” sequences of numbers, like 1 2 3 4 5 6, reduce the probability of winning in a lottery? Some people think so. “Have (...)
September 25, 2014 – Jakub Marian – Mathematics
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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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Map of public debt in Europe
There seems to be an interesting trend in geographic distribution of public debt in Europe. While Western Europe is traditionally (...)
September 22, 2014 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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“Analogous” vs. “analogical” in English
These two words are a common source of mistakes. The word you will need most of the time is “analogous”, which means “similar, comparable (...)
September 20, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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A curiosity about the F-word in Google Ngram Viewer
Google Ngram Viewer is a tool you can use to plot how common a word or a phrase was through the years in literature. I use it a lot to (...)
September 17, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Used to’ vs. ‘would’ in English
Both “would” and “used to” can be used to speak about an activity that someone did regularly long time ago:
Every Sunday, I used to go (...)
September 15, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Will’ after ‘whether’ in English
You were probably taught that you shouldn’t use “will” after “if” in conditional clauses, for example:
correct If you don’t receive (...)
September 13, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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