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Category Archives: Elementary

The Netherlands

Um… surely not. The Dutch don’t make mistakes when referring to their own country, do they? It turns out to be a surprisingly tricky one.

Posted byMike WilkinsonMay 24, 2020May 31, 2020Posted inAddressing, Elementary, PluralsTags:adres, dunglish, engels, gebruik hoofdletters, gebruik meervoud, hoofdletters, NederlandLeave a comment on The Netherlands

Checking the controls

Controls are mechanisms or procedures for making machines or processes behave as you want, i.e. controlling them, not checking them.

Posted byMike WilkinsonMay 9, 2020May 21, 2020Posted inElementary, Mistranslations, Valse vriendenTags:controle, controleren, dunglish, engels, EurospeakLeave a comment on Checking the controls

Decimal points

It’s the kind of thing that ought to belong in Elementary Dunglish but, surprisingly or not, it remains the commonest simple mistake of all.

Posted byMike WilkinsonMay 2, 2020May 31, 2020Posted inElementary, PunctuationTags:decimale komma, decimale punt, duizenden, dunglish, engels, komma, scheidingstekenLeave a comment on Decimal points

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