Lord knows how much I love a good, old paper book, but I canโt deny the convenience of having immediate access to almost any title I want, available within seconds on my computer, smartphone or e-book reader. E-books tend to be substantially cheaper than traditional books, too, but if youโre an avid reader like me, …
Arthur Conan Doyle, a spiritualist
To most readers, the name of Arthur Conan Doyle will forever be connected with the worldโs most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes, and his trusted friend Dr Watson. The celebrated writer of detective stories based his whole literary career on extolling the virtues of science, reason and logical thinking, which leaves many surprised to learn that …
Correlative conjunctions in English
[This post has been written with ESL/EFL students in mind, CEFR level B1 and above.] Correlative conjunctions are used to join words, phrases or clauses within a sentence. They always come in pairs, which is where learners sometimes make mistakes. In languages such as the South Slavic ones (which most of my students speak as …
Savremeni resursi za uฤenje latinskog
Korist od uฤenja klasiฤnih jezika je ogromna. U sluฤaju latinskog, ovladavanje ovim jezikom otvara vrata ka ogromnom knjiลพevnom i nauฤnom nasleฤu stvaranom tokom dva milenijuma, a posredno moลพe biti od velike pomoฤi i pri uฤenju niza savremenih jezika - i to ne samo romanskih: najmanje 60% engleskog vokabulara potiฤe iz latinskog, ลกto direktno, ลกto indirektno. …
