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“News is” or “news are” – singular or plural?
Several English words end with an “s” in their singular form. Most of these don’t pose any problem; few people would say “the kiss were (...)
November 30, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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Tall Poppy Syndrome
Tall poppy syndrome is a (usually) pejorative term used in most English speaking countries except the US. It describes a common social (...)
November 28, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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Witty and funny quotes about life by Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain, Benjamin Franklin and more
“There is nothing so annoying as to have two people go right on talking when you’re interrupting.” (...)
November 27, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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Witty and funny quotes about science by Wilde, Edison, Einstein, Asimov, Feynman, Clarke and more
“Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that’s not why we do it.” (...)
November 25, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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“Would of” in English
The expression “would of” is a common mistake. People who learn English mainly by ear (including many native speakers, unfortunately) (...)
November 24, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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“Sympathic” does not exist in English
Sympathique in French or sympathisch in German—the word has spread in some form probably to all European languages, with one major (...)
November 20, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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Fire in the hole – meaning and origin
Everyone who has ever played a first person shooter in English will know the expression “fire in the hole”, used by your fellow fighters (...)
November 17, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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“In the picture” / “on the picture”; “in a photo” / “on a photo” in English
The equivalent expression in many languages employs a preposition translated as “on” in most other contexts (e.g. “sur” in French). In (...)
November 14, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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‘He or she’ vs. ‘they’ in English
Traditionally, in English, when you had to use a pronoun for a person whose sex was unknown because it had been previously referred to as (...)
November 5, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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Alpha, Bravo, Charlie – what is it?
Briefly put, Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, etc., are words used in spelling of the 26 letters of the Latin (resp. English) alphabet. They were (...)
October 24, 2013 – Jakub Marian – English
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