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Unobtrusive marketing with Amazon Affiliate links – the way to monetize educational blogs
As a user and blog reader, I regard ads as something distracting. But the only reason is that publishers have gone way too far in terms of (...)
January 14, 2014 – Jakub Marian – Blog
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The name of the dot above “i” and “j”
This article could have contained just one word: tittle. Tittle, unsurprisingly pronounced /ˈtɪtl/, is the name used in typography for (...)
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Indefinite integration without variables
In this article, I’ll assume you have already read my article on differentiation without variables. Just as a quick reminder: $\iota$ (...)
January 12, 2014 – Jakub Marian – Mathematics
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‘Matter’ vs. ‘question of time’ in English
The equivalent to the phrase “a matter/question of time” in most European languages is literally “a question of time”, e.g. una cuestión (...)
January 10, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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Pronunciation of ‘Edinburgh’ in English
Edinburgh, the name of the capital of Scotland, has slipped into many other languages in an almost unchanged written form, but its (...)
January 9, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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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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List of words with a silent ‘h’ in English
First, let me note that some people use “an” as the indefinite article form before “historic”, “horrific”, “hotel” and a couple more words (...)
January 8, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Crying need’ – English idiom with meaning and examples
Crying need is an informal expression for a desperate or a very strong need for something (or someone). For example:
There’s a crying (...)
January 7, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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“How / what does it look like” in English
One thing I keep reading on the Internet is the expression “How does it look like?” Sadly, this sentence doesn’t make any sense. The (...)
January 7, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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Pronunciation of ‘schizophrenia’ in English
A German heart will skip a beat when seeing this word; not just because schizophrenia was originally described and researched by German (...)
January 7, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘At the end of the day’ – English idiom with meaning and examples
At the end of the day is an idiomatic expression meaning “ultimately”, “in the end”, and it also often has a flavour of “after all”. For (...)
January 5, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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