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Word order in subordinate clauses in English
Word order differs between questions and subordinate clauses (i.e. sentences beginning like “the place where …”, “the time when …”, (...)
July 10, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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English words with foreign pronunciation
English is a mixture of (Old) French, Latin, Greek and Anglo-Saxon. Many words still retain some remnants of their original pronunciation, (...)
June 28, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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Pronunciation of ‘schedule’ in American and British English
The word “schedule” can be somewhat confusing, even for native speakers. The reason is that it is pronounced differently in the UK and in (...)
June 26, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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Is English a hard language?
This question may be somewhat controversial, but, in my opinion, English is a very hard language to learn. When speaking about difficulty, (...)
June 25, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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Pronunciation of ‘photograph’, ‘photographer’, and ‘photographic’ in English
Photograph, pronounced /ˈfəʊtəgrɑːf/ (fəu-tə-graaf) (UK), /ˈfoʊtəgræf/ (foh-tə-græf) (US), is synonymous to a photo, not the (...)
June 6, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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Pronunciation of ‘grind’ in English
There are only 4 English words that end with “rind”: rind, grind, regrind, and tamarind. Tamarind is a tree, and it is the only one of (...)
June 5, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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Common pronunciation errors in English
We all have a mother tongue which functions as a filter for what sounds we are able to distinguish. When you learn a foreign language, you (...)
May 28, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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List of irregular (strong) German verbs
There are many irregular verbs in German, and also many lists of them can be found on the Internet. This one is, however, special in many (...)
May 11, 2013 – Jakub Marian – German
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English words people commonly pronounce wrong
Below is a list of English words commonly mispronounced by learners of English. Pronunciation is given in the International Phonetic (...)
April 9, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Arrive to’ vs. ‘arrive in’ vs. ‘arrive at’ in English
Because of the influence of verbs like “come to”, “move to”, and “go to”, learners of English often tend to use the combination “arrive” + (...)
April 4, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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