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Tag Archives: engels

Chapter and verse

A document really has to be pretty large before you can call its subdivisions “chapters”. We’re talking a small book, not a ten-pager.

Posted byMike WilkinsonApril 18, 2021Posted inAdvanced, Overused words, StyleTags:dunglish, engels, hoofdstukLeave a comment on Chapter and verse

A programme of programs

In British English, the spelling “program” is normally used nowadays for IT but “programme” is still the norm for other contexts.

Posted byMike WilkinsonApril 15, 2021April 15, 2021Posted inAdvanced, Style, US-UK issuesTags:dunglish, engels, programmaLeave a comment on A programme of programs

A telling point

The verb “to tell” is quite widely used and versatile in English, but comparatively rarely used by non-natives.

Posted byMike WilkinsonApril 5, 2021Posted inAdvanced, Style, Underused words, Wrong registerTags:dunglish, engels3 Comments on A telling point

Support

A perfectly good word, but hugely less common than its Dutch equivalent. So Dutch authors overuse it horrendously.

Posted byMike WilkinsonMarch 24, 2021Posted inAdvanced, Overused words, StyleTags:dunglish, engels, ondersteunen, ondersteuningLeave a comment on Support

Fireworks

Dutch treats the broad concept of pyrotechnics as a singular noun, “vuurwerk”. English doesn’t: fireworks are in the plural.

Posted byMike WilkinsonMarch 2, 2021March 3, 2021Posted inAdvanced, Grammar, PluralsTags:dunglish, engels, vuurwerkLeave a comment on Fireworks

“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.

Posted byMike WilkinsonMarch 1, 2021March 1, 2021Posted inAdvanced, Grammar, PunctuationTags:dunglish, engels, gebruik koppelteken, koppeltekenLeave a comment on “Proud to be a PSV-fan”

Year before subject

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.

Posted byMike WilkinsonFebruary 23, 2021February 23, 2021Posted inAdvanced, GrammarTags:dunglish, engels, jaartallen4 Comments on Year before subject

Sort by, order by, filter by

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

Posted byMike WilkinsonFebruary 19, 2021Posted inAdvanced, GrammarTags:dunglish, engelsLeave a comment on Sort by, order by, filter by

Decimal coinage

Fifty years ago this week, Britain got rid of its notorious system of pounds, shillings and pence: great for dividing fractions in medieval times, but not much use with computers.

Posted byMike WilkinsonFebruary 17, 2021February 17, 2021Posted inAdvanced, Cultural, US-UK issuesTags:dunglish, engels2 Comments on Decimal coinage

Mo-Fr, Sa+Su

You’re probably not going to confuse anybody by using two-letter abbreviations for days. But English doesn’t do that.

Posted byMike WilkinsonFebruary 15, 2021February 15, 2021Posted inElementary, Fake EnglishTags:dunglish, engelsLeave a comment on Mo-Fr, Sa+Su

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