Grammar – Page 2 – Advanced Dunglish

“Proud to be a PSV-fan”

A typical Dutch hyphen, except that this one was big (and I mean BIG) – several metres in length, in the backdrop to a Europa League game.

The 2021 report, 2012 Olympics, the 2017 Conference, the 1986 Displaced Persons Act… The year comes first if there’s no other small word in between.

Dutch authors have a big tendency to use the preposition “on” in phrases like these.

Unlike Dutch, English uses “the two” or “the two of them” and not “both” for comparisons and differences.

Oh really? Who have they awarded it to?

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

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

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

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

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