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Category Archives: Grammar

The most awarded beer in the Netherlands

Oh really? Who have they awarded it to?

Posted byMike WilkinsonJanuary 18, 2021Posted inAdvanced, GrammarTags:dunglish, engelsLeave a comment on The most awarded beer in the Netherlands

Only if…

Starting a full sentence with those two words is pretty much guaranteed to get your knickers in a twist, grammatically.

Posted byMike WilkinsonJanuary 9, 2021Posted inAdvanced, GrammarTags:alleen als, dunglish, engelsLeave a comment on Only if…

Usage and abusage

In contrasting pairs like this, the form without the prefix comes first. You can’t say “abusage and usage” of word order.

Posted byMike WilkinsonJanuary 3, 2021Posted inAdvanced, GrammarTags:dunglish, engels, gebruik haakjesLeave a comment on Usage and abusage

Using “a” and “an” with digits

As a greeting or introduction, it’s always “welcome to” rather than “welcome at” or “welcome on” or any other such preposition.

Posted byMike WilkinsonDecember 18, 2020Posted inAdvanced, Articles, GrammarTags:dunglish, engels, klinkerLeave a comment on Using “a” and “an” with digits

A word of welcome

As a greeting or introduction, it’s always “welcome to” rather than “welcome at” or “welcome on” or any other such preposition.

Posted byMike WilkinsonDecember 17, 2020December 18, 2020Posted inAdvanced, GrammarTags:dunglish, engels, welkom2 Comments on A word of welcome

Responding to…

In Dutch, literally translated, you “respond on” a question or give an “answer on” a problem. English uses “to”.

Posted byMike WilkinsonDecember 16, 2020Posted inAdvanced, GrammarTags:antwoord op, dunglish, engelsLeave a comment on Responding to…

The singular ‘they’

“If the patient can’t sleep, ask them if they need pain-killers.” This usage is perfectly acceptable.

Posted byMike WilkinsonDecember 10, 2020Posted inAdvanced, Grammar, PluralsTags:dunglish, engels, singular they1 Comment on The singular ‘they’

“Check out the brain on Brad”

You’ve only got one brain, even if you’ve got a lot of brains. Uh?

Posted byMike WilkinsonNovember 27, 2020Posted inAdvanced, PluralsTags:dunglish, engels, hersenen, hersensLeave a comment on “Check out the brain on Brad”

A black-and-white issue?

You’d think colours are pretty elementary and there ought to be no mistakes there. But there are still pitfalls when colours are combined.

Posted byMike WilkinsonNovember 20, 2020Posted inElementary, PunctuationTags:dunglish, engels, geel-zwart, rood-wit, zwart-wit1 Comment on A black-and-white issue?

A new threat

Dutch doesn’t have words that end in D. Or rather, the pronunciation is the same as a final T so they have a hard time distinguishing the two.

Posted byMike WilkinsonNovember 10, 2020Posted inElementary, VerbsTags:dt-fouten, dunglish, engels3 Comments on A new threat

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