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Pronunciation of ‘vintage’ in English
Vintage means primarily “the yield of wine from one particular year”, but as an adjective, it started to be used for anything that is (...)
August 5, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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Pronunciation and spelling of ‘threshold’ in English
Popular etymologies of the kind that “threshold” was a plank placed at the doorway to hold pieces of grains inside during threshing (...)
August 4, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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Pronunciation of ‘hindsight’ and ‘hinder’ in English
After something happens, you have a much better understanding in hindsight of what would have been appropriate to do in such a situation, (...)
August 2, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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English words in which ‘ch’ is pronounced as ‘sh’: An exhaustive list
There are quite a few English words in which “ch” is pronounced as “sh”. I have compiled a list of such words that, I hope, will be (...)
August 1, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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Pronunciation of ‘rationale’, ‘morale’, and ‘chorale’ in English
Rationale means “reasons explaining a particular decision” and is pronounced /ˌræʃəˈnɑːl/ (ræ-shə-naal) in the UK resp. (...)
July 29, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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“People is” / “people are”, “persons” / “people” in English
If you found this article using a search engine, the odds are that what you really mean is “people are”. Although the word people has (...)
July 23, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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“In the case of” / “in case of” in English
It’s easy to make a mistake in this one. If you want to say “if something happens (by chance), then …”, you should use “in case of”, (...)
July 22, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Like more’ vs. ‘like better’, ‘like the most’ vs. ‘like most’, ‘like the best’ vs. ‘like best’
Both “like more” and “like better” (as in the sentence “I like apples more/better than oranges”) are widespread, but “like (...)
July 19, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Badder’ sounds the same as ‘better’
As you certainly know, the correct comparative form of “bad” is “worse”, but one can rarely hear also the slang term “badder” (often used (...)
July 19, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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English words that have two possible pronunciations
There are many English words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently. Such words are called heteronyms (more loosely also (...)
July 15, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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