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“You and I” / “you and me” in English
Should you always say “you and I” and avoid “you and me”? Some native speakers will tell you so, but not only does no such rule exist, but (...)
May 17, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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Map of the most spoken foreign languages in the EU by country
It is interesting to see how likely you are to be able to communicate using a foreign language when you travel in Europe. The following (...)
May 15, 2014 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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‘Second’ vs. ‘other’ in English
Imagine the following scenario: you are sitting next to a relative at a family gathering. There are two bottles that you cannot reach, and (...)
May 10, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Subtract / subtraction’ vs. ‘substract / substraction’ in English
I have heard a lot of people using the word “substract”, respectively its derived form “substraction”. Long story short, the correct forms (...)
May 9, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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Calculus of finite differences without variables
This article contains an elementary introduction to calculus of finite differences. Instead of working with a variable, say $n$, it uses a (...)
May 8, 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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“A couple things” / “a couple of things” in English
Some people will tell you that it’s completely fine to say “a couple things”, others that you cannot use “a couple” without “of” at all. (...)
May 5, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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Witty and funny quotes by Woody Allen
My love life is terrible. The last time I was inside a woman was when I visited the Statue of Liberty. (...)
May 3, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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Germanish – English with German grammar – verbs and pronouns
As a funny mental exercise, I wanted to try to see what English would look like if it used German grammar, but with English vocabulary (...)
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Witty and funny quotes by Winston Churchill
“The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative.” (...)
April 28, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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The worst arguments against vegetarian and vegan nutrition
The Internet nowadays is full of irrational hate against vegetarians. It really astounds me how some of the arguments miss the point, so I (...)
April 26, 2014 – Jakub Marian – Blog
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