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I am a Czech PhD student passionate about IT, Maths and, among other things, languages, primarily English and Spanish. (Recently, I've been trying to get a grasp of Swedish and Italian, just for fun.) There's a saying in Czech that roughly translates to "As many languages you know, so many times you are a human." That's what drives me (... crazy, sometimes). Also, I'm somewhat of a piano and guitar player.
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Robert
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Aug 23, 2018
You were a great student to speak to and I really enjoyed our conversation. Thanks!
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    Articles in a metaphorical sentence Hi! In my English class, we bumped into a problem regarding a certain sentence in an exam. “Jack Kilby will always be remembered as the inventor of A device that is THE engine of the information age.” The articles written in caps are what we discussed. I would agree that the A could be considered wrong, but I don't see why I can't use THE in the second case, it seems quite natural to me. Also, there was another sentence I'm not so sure about. “Jack Kilby is an engineer. He is A man who in 1958 invented…“ Aren't both allowed here? (I do see the slight change in the feel/meaning of the sentence that would happen.) Thank you very much for your help.
    January 16, 2019
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    Moje dcera je dnes nemocná, nešla do školy, zůstala doma. Napsala jsem sms učitelce, a pak jsem přemýšlela o tom, že nevím, jak musím oslovovat učitelku po telefonu. Paní učitelko? Příjmením? V ruštině obvykle používáme jméno a jméno po otci.

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    Učitele většinou oslovujete stejně jako jiné cizí osoby – příjmením. „Dobrý den, paní Nováková, chtěla bych omluvit svou dceru…“

    Slovy „pane učiteli/paní učitelko“ je obvykle oslovují jen jejich žáci.

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    September 18, 2018
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    Brazilian travelled for the first time

    A saw a news article in a newspaper and I decided to share it here. I need to improve my English, so I need to talk about something (anything I can). A 73 years old Brazilian woman is travelling for the first time. She is from Ribeirão Preto, a big city in Brazil. She is a housekeeper and she had never been on a vacation (AmE; holiday in brE) anywhere. She had been afraid of planes, water and adventurous travels. She overcame her fear and she went to Maceió. Maceió is a beautiful place here in Brazil. There are many beaches, many places to go like museums, bars, cafés, parks and squares. She did it thanks to her daughter. It was the first time that she went to a hotel, flew, went on a boat ride and saw a beach. She loved discovering new places, meeting new people and trying new kinds of food. I hope that Valmira travels more and more in future. I enjoy travelling!!!
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    August 18, 2018
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    "Has she ever been TO Russia?" The "have been to + place" construct in the present perfect tense, that says that you have visited a certain place and you possibly will/could visit it again, is always used with "to". On the other hand, you would use "in" in most other sentences (in other tenses), like "I live in Russia" or "I was in Russia five years ago".
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    August 16, 2018
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