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“Suited for” / “suited to” in English
It is hard to make a mistake in this case as both “suited for” and “suited to” are correct (and the same applies to “ill-suited” and (...)
July 13, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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I look forward to hear/hearing from you
The phrase “look forward to” differs from other verbs followed by “to”. This article explains in detail how to use it correctly. (...)
July 11, 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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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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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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Learning English with marked stress position
One of the most difficult things about learning English is learning its orthography. It poses problems for native speakers who tend to (...)
March 30, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘On the one hand’ vs. ‘on one hand’ in English
Actually, both “on the one hand” and “on one hand” are considered correct, but “on the one hand” is preferred by many dictionaries (and (...)
March 17, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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How to learn a foreign language: Mastering
This is the final phase of learning a language, and it is suitable for you when you speak it at about the C1 level. After some time of (...)
February 2, 2013 – Jakub Marian –
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How to learn a foreign language: Skimming
Skimming is just a form of familiarization with languages which are close to a language I already know. For example, Dutch is very close (...)
February 2, 2013 – Jakub Marian –
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