Category: Grammar
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Native vs. second-language speakers
Native vs. foreign speakers of a language Even as a native we make mistakes in our own language. Some words are just meant to give us a bit of trouble. In Danish and English for instance the words “lie/lay” – “ligge/lægge” are know to be common mistakes among even native speakers. In Denmark it seems to…
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German grammar: Prepositions & Cases
German prepositions In my last blog post I wrote about German adjectives’ inflections, in which I also shortly mentioned German prepositions. This post will therefore be about German prepositions and which case they take. A preposition is “a word that shows the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to some other word in the…
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Adjective endings/ inflections in German
More on adjectives Not long ago I wrote a blog about adjectives. This blog will also be about adjectives, but instead focus will be on German adjectives and their inflections. In German the adjective inflection depends on the case, number and gender as well as a determiner, if any. Take this sentence for example: The…
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Punctuation rules
Punctuation Every time we write, translate or correct a text, we use punctuation marks. The main idea of punctuation is to divide the text into information blocks, which at the same time serves to make the text easier to read and thereby understand. Punctuation has always been a tricky part of learning a language, e.g.…