20 Common English Speaking Mistakes - Do YOU make these? (+ Free PDF & Quiz)
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0:00 Introduction
0:43 Free PDF
3:00 Part 1 - less or fewer
4:30 Part 2 - me or I
6:15 Part 3 - is or are
7:55 Part 4 - an or a
9:38 Part 5 - beside or besides
10:30 Part 6 - subject repetition
11:11 Part 7 - nobody or anybody
12:03 Part 8 - would've or would of
13:10 - Part 9 - been in or been to
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I was taught if the H is pronounced (hotel, hockey) it's a, but if the H is not pronounced (hour, honour, honest) it's an.
Yeah. Its like saying " I will be there in (an) hour." saying a hour doesnt mean sense you know? lol.
English is weird...
Because hotel and hockey start with a consonant sound, hour and honour start with a vowel sound.
So it depends on vowel voice then.
Yes, a/an is a convention making to English easier to speak.
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I'm an ESL teacher. Been teaching in China for 10 years. This is a fantastic video! With the a/an, I usually explain to my students that you'll need to use "an" if the following word starts with a vowel. It's simple for them if they have already gotten the vowels down pretty well along with the spelling of the vocabulary for the lesson. Thanks for the video. Subscribed. Cheers
Actually, "less than two pounds" is correct, because it's referring to the weight, not the number of pounds per se. And related to that, amount is often used incorrectly instead of number, as in "amount of people" and "amount of cars".
you're right, I've looked up, it's definitely less than two pounds.
I first read about the “amount/number” rule in Michael Swan’s book ages ago. Now everyone says “amount” +countables on tv: large amounts of people instead of large numbers of people, which is correct.
and in maths you use the symbols < and > (less than and greater than). Fewer than X pounds sounds wrong.
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Repeating is so important for learning and remembering that I can't disregard it. Thank you again, Lucy.
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According to the double negative - it is used in slavic languages. We say "I don't need no book" and it is absolutely correct ;)
I'm a native speaker, but I still love your videos, Lucy! I swear you could sell sand in the desert :P Must say that I disagree with "weighing fewer than 2 pounds", though. You're referring to the total weight, not the individual pounds. Similarly, I would say, "I waited for less than 30 minutes", rather than "I waited for fewer than 30 minutes". Otherwise it sounds like an accumulation of individual minutes, as opposed to a time period.
Thank you, I came to see if someone else agrees that this one was a mistake, although otherwise the explanation for fewer/less sounded right! The way I understand it you would only use fewer when measuring weight with actual pound weights, so there wouldn't be a continuous scale from zero onwards but just 0, 1, 2 etc. as possible weights. In this case the baby could easily weigh 1.99 pounds, so it needs to be less.
@@durabelle In my ears fewer sounds wrong. 1.99 pounds is less than 2 Pounds, not fewer.
Agree. Also, 'it costs less than thirty pounds' but 'in my wallet I found fewer pounds than I expected'
@@peterpaldor5866 Yes, I agree. But exactly 1 pound could also be fewer than 2 pounds.
correct! it's definitely not fewer than
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Number 9 is tricky because people usually remember that if the word starts with a vowel, you use "an," but it is not always the case. Also, "an honorable man" is correct, not "a honorable man."
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4:21 I think that weight is uncountable (because there’s in principle an infinite number of possible values within any given finite range), so I believe the correct statement is ‘the baby weighed less than two pounds at birth). At least going by the standard definitions of the words countable or uncountable. (Eg, anything that takes values in the real numbers is uncountable whereas anything that takes values in the integers is countable.)
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Thanks Lucy, It is a good lesson! Yes i do agree on that number 14 we often hear it from movie/film.
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The me/I situation is so hard to explain to anyone, but I had an English teacher in high school who explained it very well. I find myself correcting people on this one all the time because of this teacher.
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Great lesson, Lucy, and this coming from a mid-50s, American English native speaker. I make many mistakes in my own language, so it is very nice to see it both taught and used correctly. I was much older before I realized the quality of my primary education, and appreciate it to this day! Congrats on your marriage, and I commend you for taking your husband's name...it's very honoring!
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Thank you Lucy. I used to make some of these mistakes myself. And congratulations on your wedding !
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I disagree with your closing example for "less vs fewer." "He weighs less than two pounds" is correct. "He weighs fewer than two pounds" is at the very least awkward. The reason is that the meaning is that he weighs less than the "entity" of "two pounds." Would you say "his weight is fewer than two pounds?" I would think not. You would say "his weight is less than two pounds," not "his weight is fewer than two pounds."
I agree with you, I made the same question myself
I partially agree. In that example both seem valid. I don't know if it is an "American English" thing or from using the mathematical operator "less than" (
100% correct. Weight is measured, not counted. So "less" is correct in this example.
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Thanks a lot for this useful video! It reminded me of something - I find it pretty difficult to differentiate between "nobody/no one", "somebody/someone", "anybody/anyone". Is there a hint on how to do that and to use them properly?
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First off, congratulations on your wedding. I wish you and your husband the best.
Well, I have some doubts regarding the use of 'less' and 'fewer'. You say that 'less' is used on singular and uncountable nouns, whereas 'fewer' is used on plural and countable nouns; I understood that. However, according to another English teaching channel, they say that there is an exception when it comes to quantities and measures, which in this case, we've got to use 'less' instead of ' fewer '. So, the correct thing would be 'less than two pounds' instead of 'fewer than two pounds'. Could you clarify this, please?
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As a native English speaker I agree with you 100%.
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Did she have less than 100 guests, or fewer than 100 guests? You have exactly ten seconds to answer the question...
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Thank you for clarification of ' been in and been to'.
Word “An” is used for any word that begins with “A-E-I-O-U”(Depends on situation) and also some silent H words for example, Hour, Honest......
While the use of “A” is vice versa to “An”
Not quite, it is used before any word that phonetically begins with a vowel.
I didn't know that 'An' must be used before a word that begins with a vowel.
@@ZulcanPrime Only phonetically
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I'm no native speaker. Except for the first one (less/fewer), the other examples actually sounded really wrong to my ears lol. I think it's because I learned the language the "formal way".
The first time I saw "could/should/would of" I struggled trying to understand what the person meant, and then finally realized it was a mistake...
I cringe every time I read "could/should/would of".
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Very useful! Especially about "have you ever been to". Thank you Lucy
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As a native English speaker (U.S.A.) I find these videos very interesting! I make a few mistakes but, I am learning to correct them!
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The last one is the only one, that I as a german would make. All the others seem to be rather native speakers' mistakes, that may originate from specific regions. That doesn't mean a foreign speaker who learns the language by (possibly wrong) example couldn't adopt them. The last one stands out, because it can be seen as a false translation of germen, as we use "in" when referring to a travel destination in the past, so you really have to remember, that this is different in English.
Same here and I'm Polish
Great lesson for native speakers as well as new speakers.
Very helpful video as always!
Thanks for the interesting lesson, I have often heard the confusion with me/I and a/an, glad to have an expert chime in on it. Something else I've heard more and more recently that I believe is incorrect is using whenever instead of using when, for example, "I let my hair grow long whenever I started high school", is that right or wrong?
In that instance, "when" would be incorrect. Whenever is generally used with actions that repeat or have the potential of being repeated.
For example, "I am uneasy whenever I'm with a group of people" or "I will be ready whenever I am tested for this subject"
Also whenever is more commonly used when (no pun intended) the time for an event is uncertain like, "I'll come over whenever I feel like it"
Though in that case when is also correct.
"whenever" is wrong in that sentence. I let my hair grow long WHEN I started high school" is correct. It answers the question "When did you let your hair grow long?" It refers to a specific time = when.
An example: "When did you start learning English?" Answer: "When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989." or a longer version of that answer: "I started learning English when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989."
You can only start high school once, you cannot repeat the action so it is "when" not "whenever"
"Whenever" is for when the situation is repeated
Actually, number 2 should be: 'The baby weighed less than two pounds at birth.' because the weight could very likely be a portion of a pound. You would only say fewer if a baby's weight were always rounded up to the nearest whole number. I hope that makes sense.
I totally agree
Well said!!!
yes, the second is wrong -.-
Hi Lucy, very extremely helpful video. I wish you will teach the use of 'a little'. I now understand the use of 'little' by the help of this video
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