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“Look good” or “look well” in English
Sentences with the verb “look” (in the sense of “appear, seem”) have a different structure from what many English learners think. “Look” (...)
July 27, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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“Get off”, “get out of” or “exit” a bus in English
One of the most common activities and still causing trouble—do we get off, out of, take off, or exit buses, trains, planes, and cars? (...)
July 20, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘Continue doing’ vs. ‘continue to do’ in English
Apparently, there’s a popular belief among English teachers in China that “continue to do” and “continue doing” mean two different things. (...)
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Names of numbers above 1000 in English
First, we should note that there is a certain oddity in modern English in the nomenclature for numbers like “one thousand million”, “one (...)
July 13, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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Genders in English – Are animals and things he, she, or it?
Unlike most other European languages, Modern English has no grammatical genders. When we speak about an inanimate object, we always refer (...)
July 6, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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The meaning of ‘nothing but’ in English
The meaning of “nothing but” in English is closely related to the usage of “but” in all/anything/everything but, which is more idiomatic, (...)
July 5, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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“United States is” / “United States are” – plural or singular?
The United States has always been causing (grammatical) trouble… or have been? “The United States” was treated as a plural noun in most (...)
June 28, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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“All that” / “all what” / “all which” in English
English learners often use an incorrect pronoun after the word “all”. Long story short, what you most likely want to say is “all that (...)
June 25, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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“Use to do” in English
One of the constructions English learners learn quite early is “someone used to do something”. It expresses that someone did something (...)
June 20, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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“On the Internet” / “in the Internet”, capital I
Prepositions are a common source of mistakes for learners of any language. The word “Internet” is especially problematic for an English (...)
June 18, 2014 – Jakub Marian – English
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