Grammaticus Newsletter - 04/2022

Enormously influential as it has been, Dracula had a notable antecedent in the form of an even more ground-breaking, yet lesser known, vampiric antagonist: Carmilla.

Montague Rhodes James was a British writer and scholar. While his academic work in the field of Medieval Studies remains relevant to this day, he is now best known for his eerie ghost stories.

There are many words in English that we can use to say that something looks attractive: from ‘pretty’ and ‘beautiful’ to strong adjectives such as ‘stunning’, ‘fascinating’ or ‘captivating’. In this post we’ll look at the interesting background of another one of those, namely ‘mesmerizing’.

Reading, writing and vocabulary practice for English learners (levels B2 and above), on the subject of Earth Day and green lifestyle.

Learn how to use different prepositional phrases with the noun ‘time’. The post includes an online grammar quiz.

In this post, I’ll offer a few tips on how you can approach this subject, and what kind of grammar structures you can use.

Learning Latin doesn’t have to be boring. There are many modern resources you can use to learn, revise and practice this important classical language.

January, February, March… Have you ever wondered about the actual meaning of this names?

Some find them outdated and archaic, but they are still very much around, and just won’t go away: Latin abbreviations in English!

Dok pišem ovaj članak, napolju je tipično novembarsko vreme, sivo i kišovito. Među malobrojnima sam koji uživaju u tome, pa nisam odoleo da se ove nedelje na blogu posvetim upravo temi engleskog vokabulara vezanog za kišu.

Učenici engleskog treba da usvoje repertoar češćih latinskih skraćenica, naročito za potrebe pisanja, jer su praktične a mogu i da budu svestan izbor koji utiče na ton i stil pisanog teksta. U ovom članku pogledaćemo tek deset primera iz različitih registara.

Montague Rhodes James bio je britanski pisac i povjesničar čiji su brojni radovi iz srednjovjekovnih studija još uvijek relevantni. No, po nečemu sasvim drugom je danas najpoznatiji: po svojim pričama o duhovima.