STOP 🚫 - These Common English Mistakes are Absolutely WRONG!

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  • Опубликовано: 23 дек 2024

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  • @EnglishwithLucy
    @EnglishwithLucy  Год назад +125

    I tried to keep my cool in this one 😅 📝GET THE FREE LESSON PDF here 👉🏼 bit.ly/mistakesPDF

    • @Brilliant988
      @Brilliant988 Год назад +4

      Please never stop uploading videos.😢I can't imagine how my language journey will look like in future without you.Goatcy❤.By the way,can u correct my sentences?

    • @skyy223
      @skyy223 Год назад +2

      Wow. a beautiful lady.

    • @nataliyaboncheva6132
      @nataliyaboncheva6132 Год назад

      ​@@skyy223😅9.00 7:36 😊

    • @Berilyn-g2b
      @Berilyn-g2b Год назад +3

      12:34 The usage of they and their is also used in our language.
      Example in the way of our usage: "Maybe, someone left (their) umbrella" however the pronoun their is referred to a singular or plural. ✨

    • @voozoo1606
      @voozoo1606 Год назад

      PLEASE use the word THAT after SO!! 1:30 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @DebiG1057
    @DebiG1057 Год назад +157

    I an a fluent English speaker but I enjoy your videos because I want to learn the Queen's English. I am a New England native.

    • @eduardossesariza7970
      @eduardossesariza7970 Год назад +9

      Am*

    • @Grizzlywer
      @Grizzlywer Год назад +3

      ​@@eduardossesariza7970am*

    • @Inke7
      @Inke7 Год назад +14

      It's a typo losers! 😂

    • @miljann98
      @miljann98 Год назад +12

      ​@@Inke7It's a typo, losers! 😂*

    • @rya789
      @rya789 Год назад +7

      Relax sharks it was just a mistyped one

  • @edmundtheironside4282
    @edmundtheironside4282 Год назад +10

    When it comes to hassle, nothing can beat ''conscious, consciousness, conscience, conscientious''...

  • @Amuztak
    @Amuztak Год назад +8

    "Whom" and "who" reminded me of that scene of Friends where Monica says about Ross: "I know! Is it because he's always correcting people's grammar? 'Whom, whom!' Sometimes it's 'who'!"

  • @magicdragonwings7886
    @magicdragonwings7886 Год назад

    Thanks!

  • @CeciliaPMiniatures
    @CeciliaPMiniatures Год назад +11

    Mistakes depend on how we decide to approach a language: descriptive approach od prescriptive approach. I live by this rule, given by my linguistic professor during my first year at university 10 years ago now

  • @philipwagner9169
    @philipwagner9169 Год назад +3

    I heard once that the who/whom punctiliousness, the antipathy towards ending sentences with prepositions, and similar debates, was caused by 19th century academics, trying to understand English in terms of the grammatical structures of the classical Latin which they'd all been trained in. Snobbery and emulation did the rest.

  • @davidaraquemojica7505
    @davidaraquemojica7505 Год назад +6

    You can say either either or either.

  • @lysan1445
    @lysan1445 Год назад +6

    Thank you so much for this lesson! Such a relief! I have to admit I used to be a stickler for "whom", but I realised long ago that it has become outdated. Somehow I am fond of "whom" and still silently correct it in my mind if someone says "who" instead. But I would never correct anyone on this as there is nothing to correct anymore. But I miss it.

    • @jezz2k
      @jezz2k Год назад +2

      I will continue to use it, even if nobody else does.

  • @matthiasfranz4470
    @matthiasfranz4470 Год назад +8

    Thanks a lot. I often wondered about the correct pronunciation of either and neither. And "they" referring to singular persons of unknown gender is quite helpful. In my studies in school back in the 80ies, it used to be "his or her".

  • @katbass4440
    @katbass4440 Год назад +3

    I am a rule stickler, but I like what you say about pronunciation and grammar. We should try to adapt to the speakers that surround us, so that we can understand each other.

    • @jota55581
      @jota55581 10 месяцев назад

      I agree !

  • @brucemacdonald1509
    @brucemacdonald1509 Год назад +10

    I would love to hear your opinion on "lay" vs "lie" It took me two years to get it sorted out, but very few people make the distinction any longer.

    • @kloffus3
      @kloffus3 Год назад +6

      Notice the object that the verb lay needs. "I lay the table" ( i.e. cause knves, forks , plates etc, to lay on the table ) A hen lays eggs i.e. causes eggs to lie on the ground in the nest. . We laid the carpet yesterday. i'e' cause the carpet to lie on the floor. If you use "lay" for yourself you need the object too " Now I lay me down to rest! " { for "me" in modern English we'd say "myself"} " He lays him down to sleep". ( notice the object pronoun 'him' ) is an old fashiioned style. We would now say "He lies down to sleep" and NOT "He lays down " unless you want to ignore all that I have been saying and insist "the modern language is changing so get used to it."

    • @landsgevaer
      @landsgevaer Год назад +3

      Not native speaker here, but isn't this just transitive vs. non-transitive?
      Something lays something, but something lies, period.
      To lay is to put something else in a typically flat position on top top off something, whereas to lie means to be in such a position oneself.
      To lay means something like "to make something lie".

    • @williamb4652
      @williamb4652 Год назад

      @@landsgevaerspot on

  • @Willpower757
    @Willpower757 Год назад +34

    🎉Thanks for fantastic lesson which wasn't taught in our schools.
    English seems to be very easy with you 🧡🧡🧡.

  • @ahmchotto
    @ahmchotto Год назад +1

    Glad you pointed out that very often people include omitted/implied words and phrases in their grammatical considerations/"grammatical picture". E.g., 10 items or less [than that [amount/number]]. But they say "10 or fewer items" without hesitation.

  • @prepper_nation_h
    @prepper_nation_h Год назад +77

    Great episode, Lucy! Here's a suggestion for covering a tricky English quandary that I ran into just the other day. It would be helpful to both non-English speakers and native speakers needing a refresher as to which type of verb to use after a singular noun which represents a group of individuals. Nouns such as "team," "staff," "congregation," or "family," to name a few. For example which circumstances would you use "the team was..." versus "the team were..."
    I found that the MLA style guide had a good explanation of when to use a singular or plural verb, but I think you'd do a great job making this the subject of a video if you haven't already. Cheers!

    • @kylefrank638
      @kylefrank638 Год назад +12

      You would always use "was" after "team", "family" or any collective noun/subject. The team is a whole, and if you *were* to say "the family were vacationing...", that paradoxically refers to the members of the family, separately, even though your subject is singular. Alternately, after mentioning a family in a previous sentence, could say "THEY were vacationing" as a kind of compromise, because now "they" is understood as the family.

    • @isolamar
      @isolamar Год назад +3

      ​@@kylefrank638 Not always. The police can have both singular and plural forms of verbs after. But in reality, people use whatever they like, even after staff.

    • @TubeLVT
      @TubeLVT Год назад +5

      @@kylefrank638 That’s a good example of proper American usage. However, one family was vacationing while another family were on holiday.

    • @cosmodoc
      @cosmodoc Год назад +1

      @@isolamarthat doesn’t make any sense to me!

    • @RingsLoreMaster
      @RingsLoreMaster Год назад +2

      ​@@cosmodocfirst, which one makes no sense the singular "was" or the plural "were".
      Second, on Fox's coverage of the World Cup, even the American natives speaking announcers use "were" when discussing teams or describing action.

  • @ingvarjensen1088
    @ingvarjensen1088 Год назад +1

    You're such a sight for sore eyes, Lucy - and your never fading smile is the icing on the cake ❤ I only watch you once in a while but I should do it more often. Thank you for doing what you're doing.

  • @kactuskent
    @kactuskent Год назад +4

    ABSOLUTELY Brilliant ! I'll save this link to forward to my 'critics' when they 'CORRECT' my flexibly perfect English ( in my mind, at any rate ) ... you hit SO many of my points exactly ...

  • @2fun0
    @2fun0 Год назад

    sometimes i listen to bbc for listening skill and i cannot follow them for a long period. But, when i listen to you for listening skill, your voice feels like breeze in my face and i enjoy that. Thank you.

  • @rachellarkins4652
    @rachellarkins4652 Год назад +60

    I am beyond satisfied that you settled the who vs. whom dissention. I have ALWAYS struggled to comprehend the rules of proper who and whom usage. I would hear others use the term whom and immediately feel left out and segregated from the secret society that harvested the capabilities of knowing when and how to use the word. I'm still scuffling with the comprehension aspect, but at least I've got this video to catch me 😂 when I fall.

    • @justaddmagic.fanclub
      @justaddmagic.fanclub Год назад +7

      absolutely in love with the way you framed the sentence mate 😂

    • @user-no2mz9hl4f
      @user-no2mz9hl4f Год назад +3

      I may be the only one, but I’m trying yo bring “whom” back into normal use - at least in writing - because I feel it sounds more elegant. I can thank my grandfather for tuning my ear to be able to instinctively tell when to use who and whom. But I get that for those who didn’t learn much grammar in school, or who speak English as a second language, it’s a big ask to be able to correctly use who and whom in conversation.

    • @peterw29
      @peterw29 Год назад +1

      @@user-no2mz9hl4f The answer is don't use 'whom' in conversation, but by all means use it in writing if you want to. Writing tends to use more formal English than conversation, plus, if you're uncertain about usage, you have more time to think about it.

    • @user-no2mz9hl4f
      @user-no2mz9hl4f Год назад +1

      @@peterw29 I know how to use ‘whom’ in spoken English; my grandfather was big on grammar, and taught me well. I will continue to use the word when applicable.

    • @FlowersInHisHair
      @FlowersInHisHair Год назад +1

      I love using "whom" when it should be "who", to comically point out that "whom" is stuffy and (more importantly) obsolescent

  • @reginabethpm9402
    @reginabethpm9402 Год назад +12

    Hello, I'm from the Philippines, English is a second or third language for most of us, depending on where you grew up. Anyway, found this particular video quite interesting. Realized that I pronounce some words the British way and some the American way. That should give you a clue on my education. Thank you!

  • @slowlearner4341
    @slowlearner4341 Год назад +2

    I believe that cases, such precisely explained, can be barely found in any study books. Thank you Lucy.

  • @lstavenhagen
    @lstavenhagen Год назад +1

    Yes, the who/whom thing gets my goat too. This is a remnant of the Old English case system, where an -m ending indicated the dative form of "who" (nom. "hwa", dat. "hwaem" or something like that, IIRC). But apart from our pronominal system, the old case system is virtually gone in ME dialects. Even native speakers like myself can't keep it straight and use it "incorrectly". And as you note, when it becomes what people actually say, it's no longer "incorrect".... In fact, I can't remember the last time I used "whom" in actual speech at all....

  • @levisguy53
    @levisguy53 Год назад +1

    data can also also pronounced with a short a sound. i often flip flop between the long and the short a pronunciation. this is my first video, so i didn't see the one on prepositions, but in order for it to be used as such it, much consist of a prepositional phrase, otherwise its part of speech is an adverb.

  • @AzzamLah
    @AzzamLah Год назад +1

    The general rule of thumb I use is to distinguish whether it is for casual or formal (like those government documents) communication.

  • @abdulahmoula7196
    @abdulahmoula7196 Год назад +35

    Lucy, thanks for sharing a comedy-like lesson, which is not only enriching our knowledge but also entertaining us a lot.
    The unique style, the irresistible beauty, and the fine sense of humor, combined with a charming smile, that’s amazing!🌹❤️

  • @maxofb7745
    @maxofb7745 Год назад +3

    I'm surprised that many of these things were taught to me in school already. And I'm German and English is my second language.
    Still I'm really conscious of the way I'm speaking when I'm with my nativ speaking friends.

  • @Isabelle.B
    @Isabelle.B Год назад +1

    I just loved listening to the Queen talking.

  • @shonen84
    @shonen84 Год назад +1

    I live in Belgium and I've learnt my English from computer games, The Simpsons and Police Academy. When I had my first English lesson in middle school, I had the good fortune to have a teacher who probably picked up on my American pronunciation and colloquial "liberties" in grammar but didn't outright correct me or identified them as mistakes. She just complimented me by referring to me as "the American" in class. I've proceeded with developing my English as such and am now always complimented wherever I go - by non English speakers and native speakers alike.
    Thanks for your videos, they're really great!

    • @steffanhoffmann
      @steffanhoffmann Год назад +1

      Great story.
      American English (which is what we must call it, why? 😂) is a good start but it won't develop a vocabulary.
      Additionally it leads into present day bad habits. For example...I was like, he was like, she was like, they were like. (What were they like?😊)
      Kinda sorta right? Right. Right? Right. Just a lot of nonsense, which has crept into youth culture world-wide.
      However, up to about the 1980s decade it was closely aligned.
      Since then its 👉 🇬🇧 poetic 🎶 has slowly been destroyed.

    • @shonen84
      @shonen84 Год назад +1

      @@steffanhoffmann I had the good fortune to play point and click adventure games, like Monkey Island. These were rich sources of vocabulary, popular culture and American humor. Plus being interactive, my childhood brain developed problem solving skills and a fluency in English that was never rivaled by any of my peers. I agree I wouldn't have that edge today, with games all being on phones with dodgy translations from Chinese or Korean 😅

    • @steffanhoffmann
      @steffanhoffmann Год назад +1

      @@shonen84 Understood and thanks 👍 ☺

  • @harveycovey2215
    @harveycovey2215 Год назад +3

    I must confess, I have been a word snob over "data". I was taught early on that "data" (as in hat) is a singular, singular, whereas "data" (as in date) is a singular collective. so data (hat) is a single piece of data (date). As I am a computer programmer by trade, it has been a source of consternation for me in the past. I will, of course, strive to be more tolerant of this in the future.

    • @joegrey9807
      @joegrey9807 Год назад

      As a statistician I've never heard the different pronunciations of data being used to distinguish between singular and collective. I tend to treat the word as non-countable, my boss regarded it as countable plural. This was in a UK government department, both forms were published, but not in the same document. A younger colleague was happy to use less instead of fewer. Language changes....

  • @scientious
    @scientious Год назад

    I recall a program on TV where the interviewer said 'expresso' and the chef corrected him saying that it was "espresso, not expresso." Actually, either form is acceptable in the US.
    We only used to see 'catsup' but now I also see it spelled as 'ketchup' because that's how it is usually pronounced here.
    'caramel' is sometimes pronounced kare - uh - mel but is also often pronounced kar- mul. Either is acceptable in the US.
    8:30 "Ten items or less."
    This seems to come from mathematics where it is quite common to say things like:
    5 is less than 10
    or in the symbolic form:
    5 < 10
    So, it would be difficult to claim that it is correct in a mathematical context but incorrect in a literary context when it would still be necessary to count items.

  • @scarseven5473
    @scarseven5473 Год назад

    I'm so thankful for discovering your channel, just the amount of information i learnt from this video, it's really awe-inspiring

  • @MorganStarchild
    @MorganStarchild Год назад

    Great video! What about "to whom"? Saying "to who" won't ever sound right to me if "whom" is on the decline. My favorite irritant is people saying "She gave it to Sam and I" when it should be "Sam and me".

  • @dobberdop
    @dobberdop Год назад +1

    "Linguistic snobbery "
    I love how you pronounce it.. even when I didn't knew the meaning, I would knew it now, by your pronouncing

  • @DaveSmith90559
    @DaveSmith90559 Год назад +6

    *Another fantastic English lesson from the magnificent Teacher! 🥰🥰🥰*
    *Thanks a million, my cute Lucy! Fortunately, I don't already have these kind of mistakes just because you've taught* *me how to utilize English correctly! I'm eternally grateful to you!🙏🙏🙏*

  • @orderla8877
    @orderla8877 Год назад +1

    They say the person who can blush has a good heart.

  • @ahonamedha
    @ahonamedha Год назад +20

    I truly enjoyed today's video! Well done Lucy. You make English easier for me. It's really fun to learn English in this way.☺️ Thanks a ton. Learning new things everyday.❤

  • @fahadmooha1040
    @fahadmooha1040 Год назад +5

    I support you as a teacher

  • @brigittak
    @brigittak Год назад

    Thanks a lot for your videos! Not only educational but also entertaining the way you do them! Kind regards from Austria!

  • @michelnanta985
    @michelnanta985 10 месяцев назад

    Thank you for Reassuring me about how to speak English correctly but reasonably.

  • @joepiazza3756
    @joepiazza3756 Год назад

    Canadian here. I use the beginning of the first pronunciation of Controversy but the American ending. I say that R at the end but I don't say the beginning that makes me sound like a US Southerner.

  • @stephen6851
    @stephen6851 Год назад +2

    I would like you to talk about “I” vs “me”, especially if there is another person present in the sentence. Example: the same people who say “this was a great experience for me” will say “this was a great experience for my wife and I”

  • @HerrFinsternis
    @HerrFinsternis 6 месяцев назад

    I don't think I was ever taught the difference between less and fewer. Thanks 😊

  • @tarunpundhir1194
    @tarunpundhir1194 Год назад +2

    Hey i watched Mission Impossible 7 recently without subtitles! I'm not a native speaker but i could understand all of it. That added to the excitement of the film!
    Thanks Maam for your advice .It really helped a lot!!

  • @jensphiliphohmann1876
    @jensphiliphohmann1876 6 месяцев назад +1

    About prepositions at the end: I encounter them often in English language videos. Nobody says: "I don't know about what you're talking."
    Everybody says: "I don't know what you're talking about."

  • @blotski
    @blotski Год назад +1

    With the 'fewer v. less' thing I don't think of countables and non-countables. It just comes down singular versus plural. Use 'fewer' if the noun is in the plural. If it's a singular noun you use 'less'. I find this works.

    • @TheOnlyGazzLam
      @TheOnlyGazzLam Год назад

      that's a great rule. It falls over on words like sheep and fish, but I like it. I love simple, dirty tricks like this

  • @volkerschunck
    @volkerschunck Год назад +2

    That was really enlightening, Lucy! But still one question remains: If you use they / their for a single person do you have to use in present "s" at the end of a verb?

    • @SidheKnight
      @SidheKnight Год назад +2

      I'm not Lucy, but I can answer that: No. You use the same conjugation rules that apply to the plural they/ them.
      Example: "They (singular) like to spend time in the library."

    • @volkerschunck
      @volkerschunck Год назад

      @@SidheKnight Thank you!

  • @joaquinlombardo5806
    @joaquinlombardo5806 Год назад

    I love you Lucy! It was eyeopening the comment on they and their... I only have one query: in the sentence "I haven't been there before", why is "before" considered a preposition? Wouldn't it be an adverb? Greetings from Argentina! I love your content!

  • @potestasetdecus
    @potestasetdecus Год назад

    13:55 I also like this statement it reminded me of Idiocracy (a movie, 2006).

  • @me-zs7tr
    @me-zs7tr Год назад +1

    this needed to be said

  • @yvonnemartin362
    @yvonnemartin362 Год назад +1

    Thanks Lucy for this useful video.

  • @PurnaRodman
    @PurnaRodman Год назад

    Thanks for keeeping your grammar up to date!

  • @lopatine
    @lopatine Год назад +7

    Lucy has stolen my heart with her approach to teaching and language using❤

  • @Anto_81
    @Anto_81 Год назад +7

    Funny how it took me so long to LEARN how to put the preposition at the end of a sentence, to then be told it could be a mistake 😂

  • @leilarashki7791
    @leilarashki7791 Год назад

    That was a great leason. I like all episodes that I watched from your channel. Watching your lessons is a part of daily routine these days.

  • @drziggyabdelmalak1439
    @drziggyabdelmalak1439 Год назад +1

    Very interesting. Cool, Lucy. Thanks.

  • @islandresort8302
    @islandresort8302 Год назад +3

    Thanks for the excellent lesson!

  • @sumitnilparuk7206
    @sumitnilparuk7206 9 месяцев назад

    I love your teaching style teacher Lucy

  • @KSA14023
    @KSA14023 Год назад +1

    Thank you beautiful teacher❤

  • @lewistsao3279
    @lewistsao3279 Год назад

    At about 3:51 when hesitating, some people use "the..." while others use "thee....".

  • @ildefonsogustavodiazsandov9246
    @ildefonsogustavodiazsandov9246 Год назад +2

    Fantastic lesson! All the very best

  • @farhanawis4967
    @farhanawis4967 Год назад +2

    Gosh, thanks so much Lucy for this lesson! It's absolutely appreciated 👍

  • @rafaelmendoza1103
    @rafaelmendoza1103 Год назад +2

    I wish my english teacher was that beauty

  • @valeries.5445
    @valeries.5445 Год назад

    Wonderful Lucy, so many thanks!

  • @amopeade3851
    @amopeade3851 Год назад

    Lucy ur right

  • @sandeepreddy9870
    @sandeepreddy9870 Год назад +1

    We Love You Lucy for your Teachings and Content.
    ❤❤❤❤ Thanks once again

  • @GsmXteamFiXiT
    @GsmXteamFiXiT Год назад +1

    ❤honey Lucy ,thank you ,the episode of this lesson vividly cleared my little confusion and misunderstanding about the subject .

  • @sebastianlucius1259
    @sebastianlucius1259 Год назад

    When I watched a film of Lindybeige where he argues with a compatriot which pronunciation of 'either' is right. That was an eye-opener.
    'Whom' is easier to understand for native speakers of other germanic languages. The concept is common there.

  • @robveggett6782
    @robveggett6782 Год назад

    At 5:23 timeframe the second pronunciation in brackets is different from Lucy's pronunciation.

  • @juanfran579
    @juanfran579 Год назад

    It 's interesting to observe how native speakers and learners of a foreign language learn a language the other way round. Whereas the latter ones, gets to understand correctness derived from the rules and learns the intuitively right way of saying later on, the first one usually neither knows the rules nor knows how to explain them unless he/she is a language teacher. The native speaker learns tge rules in line with teaching his/her mother tongue. I teach German and I am often asked questions that I can't find a straightforward answer for. And I've got a profound knowledge of my own language.

  • @josealfonsosilvalatorre1826
    @josealfonsosilvalatorre1826 Год назад +3

    Me encanto la lección, muchas gracias 😊

  • @amadeeuuss
    @amadeeuuss Год назад

    Thank you Lucy. So useful and confident-making!

    • @m1nt9reen
      @m1nt9reen Год назад

      *confidence inspiring (with or without a hyphen)

  • @jonathanbrett-warren2031
    @jonathanbrett-warren2031 Год назад

    Lucy, as a native English speaker, this was brilliant! Thank you x

  • @RingsLoreMaster
    @RingsLoreMaster Год назад

    Lucy, have you done a video considering "ought", "nor" and "ain't"? Yes, in American English the question mark goes inside the quotations mark (if the rule for question mark Inside quotes applies with a list of questions) . That looks goofy.
    Also did you know that Hammerstein used "ain't" in a song? 'Can' t help lovin' dat man of mine'.

  • @MeTube3
    @MeTube3 Год назад

    Bedfordshire accents shift considerably across the County. Luton is very different from Cranfield, and Bedford town is different again. Then Biggleswade/Sandy is even more different.
    Lucy doesn’t have even a trace of a Bedfordshire accent.
    Listen to Stacey Dooley to hear some of what Lu’un sounds like.

  • @slavkaj8285
    @slavkaj8285 Год назад +1

    Very helpful, especially the pronunciation part, thank you. Sorry for being a hairsplitter but your „before“ in 12:17 is not a good example of a preposition at the end of a sentence. It‘s an ADVERB.

  • @elarafarahmand
    @elarafarahmand Год назад

    Love your energy and explanation

  • @imadina31
    @imadina31 Год назад

    I LOVE this video !! And not surprisingly.. know-it-all people don't know as much as they think they do 😃

  • @kiranix
    @kiranix Год назад +6

    As a non-native English speaker, I've always wondered if there was a way to avoid writing "he/she" in all my compositions. The day has arrived.
    Thank you very much Lucy

    • @stephenlee5929
      @stephenlee5929 Год назад +3

      Hi, native speaker here, just for understanding, before we used 'he/she', we used to use 'he' as non gender specific, not good now, but you may come across this.
      As late as the 1950's this was used in legal and official documents, such that unless otherwise stated he implies he or she.
      Letters were often addressed as Dear Sir, rather than Dear Sir or Madam, this usage became less acceptable around 1980's.

    • @Starkiller935
      @Starkiller935 Год назад +1

      ​@@stephenlee5929 I am also a non native speaker, but isn't "he" still used like this in legal documents, such as contracts? Usually with an explanation in the "Definitions" of the contract stating that it also includes the feminine form. I know I've seen this in modern contracts but maybe the style is very outdated?

    • @stephenlee5929
      @stephenlee5929 Год назад

      @@Starkiller935 Hi, The style is very outdated,
      I don't think it is in general use these days, but sometimes contracts retain old wording (often in insurance) because the meaning of the given wording has been tested in court, so we know how the legal system will view it.
      That is partly why I made the original comment.
      I would stress, the format is not one you should use lightly, it is very hard to justify, but understanding that it was used is (can be) useful.

  • @safranbellucci
    @safranbellucci Год назад +2

    Thank you for the informative lesson. It's interesting to see how languages evolve over time.

  • @hugovernaeve6594
    @hugovernaeve6594 Год назад

    Another question of me in this context:
    Is it proper to say/write:
    “Do you have a car” or should it be “Have you got a car” to comply with British grammar ?
    I heard the first sentence would only comply with American grammar ?

  • @ta2000-g7g
    @ta2000-g7g Год назад +1

    You're pretty awesome Lucy ! Thank you for such beneficial videos ❤️

  • @YTrifman
    @YTrifman Год назад

    THANK YOU SO MUCH LUCY.
    This lesson never been teaching in my class

  • @juancarlos1549
    @juancarlos1549 Год назад +1

    I like so much your accent Lucy and I think that video was very necessary.... Greetings.

  • @alexandrosalexandropoulos4836
    @alexandrosalexandropoulos4836 Год назад

    The funny thing is that you pronounce the word "phenomenon" as we do here in Greece! Great episode! Congrats!

  • @whatsinaname5828
    @whatsinaname5828 Год назад

    Awesome! Thanks again, Lucy.

  • @umaeratifkhan269
    @umaeratifkhan269 Год назад

    Thank you Lucy this really helped me alot to improve my pronunciation and vocabulary

  • @Nikioko
    @Nikioko Год назад

    7:06: Good at what?
    I would always "I am fine" to avoid this complication

  • @blancaocana6397
    @blancaocana6397 Год назад

    I just love the way you teach and I love your pronunciation! ❤❤❤

  • @manshi909
    @manshi909 Год назад +1

    A great teacher.

  • @johnibat
    @johnibat Год назад

    Thanks...

  • @shatoogul354
    @shatoogul354 Год назад +1

    Lucy I thought that using "Whom" is used to describe the person rather than who, who is someone you know.... so for example.
    My friend Gina will be calling you and she did go to the park.
    A week later, Gina didn't call and my new friend complains... and you say,
    "My friend whom I mentioned to you before will call you don't worry"

  • @gabrieladuran6923
    @gabrieladuran6923 Год назад

    Just fantastic!!!

  • @Farooqueakhan
    @Farooqueakhan Год назад

    Love both, your style as well as the content .. they is beautiful ...❤❤

  • @sourovroy6292
    @sourovroy6292 Год назад

    I enjoy your speaking.your accent is so clear to understand👌👌👌 .

  • @Hany_elia
    @Hany_elia Год назад

    Thank you, my teacher, for this beautiful explanation.

  • @javadtabkhi4757
    @javadtabkhi4757 Год назад

    I learnt from you in this video. Venerable master of the language.

  • @hansdegroot8549
    @hansdegroot8549 Год назад

    Wow,, this is SO PERFECT!!! Thanks for making this video.

  • @a-dixi
    @a-dixi Год назад

    Entonces el they y their sería como el You, que se usa para singular y plural?

  • @hglundahl
    @hglundahl 11 месяцев назад

    speaking of which, 6:18, is it still correct to use the first version, but with a long vowel, or did that go into the grave with your late Queen?

  • @Billiebleak
    @Billiebleak 4 месяца назад

    Thanks for the lesson.