5 things native English speakers NEVER say

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english with lucy today i’m going to

talk you through the five words and

phrases that you need to stop saying

immediately now it’s not that serious

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get on with the lesson okay so the title

is pretty shocking the words and phrases

you must never say but honestly if you

do want to sound like a native speaker

or even sound like a very accomplished

English student you should avoid saying

these words and phrases because when

students say them I immediately think

they’re at a lower level the first

phrase that you must never say is have

you ever been in and then the location

have you ever been in Italy have you

ever been in Istanbul whenever I do

alive on Instagram I always get asked

this exact question and of course I

answer it because I love talking about

Italy and I have been to Istanbul but it

shouldn’t be in it’s the wrong

preposition it’s not that it doesn’t

make sense

it’s just not commonly said we

understand what you’re trying to say you

want to know if I’ve ever visited or

traveled to Italy or Istanbul

wherever it may be but we don’t say in

we say - have you ever been to Italy

have you ever been to Istanbul

so yes really watch out for that one

number two this is another comment I get

a lot on Instagram especially when I

upload photos with my boyfriend they ask

me is your husband are you married are

you married with will and although it

makes sense and we understand what

you’re saying married with a person

isn’t correct it should be married -

it’s weird when you think about it you

should be married with someone not -

that sounds too formal but we say I am

married to my husband now this is why if

we’re using with I’m married with my

husband what if I say I am married with

kids that sounds like I am in a marriage

with some children however within this

case means and also have I am married

and I also have kids I am married with

kids number three if I ever ask my

students how long they’ve been learning

English I sometimes get the response

I’ve been learning English since two

years don’t worry if you say that to our

native

they’re not going to say what they’ll

understand what you’re trying to say but

it’s incorrect it should be since a

fixed point in time so I’ve been

learning English since 2016 duration it

needs to be four I have been learning

English for two years since 2016 another

common mistake we can add on to that is

during I know in some languages like

Spanish you would say durante los años

but it doesn’t work in English I

wouldn’t say I’ve been learning English

during two years doesn’t work for and

talking about four let’s move on to

number four teacher Lucy right it

actually makes me sad to talk about this

one because I think it’s so sweet and

cute but students will often address me

as teacher Lucy that hey teacher Lu see

how are you but I feel obliged to tell

you guys that in the UK if you’re trying

to learn British English we don’t

address our teach

as teacher and then name now I’m not

saying don’t ever say this because

obviously in your own country it might

be very rude not to address your teacher

as teacher marry teacher Mohammed but if

you’re in the UK and I think in the US

as well it’s not common to use this to

address your teachers in a school

environment we would say miss mrs. mr.

or mrs. moose is if a woman doesn’t want

to disclose if she’s married or not and

then the surname or if they’ve got

specific qualifications professor or

doctor in informal language schools I

would just want to be addressed as Lucy

if I was teaching in a formal school I

would be called miss Earl any other

place Lucy teacher Lucy just isn’t used

over here and the last one number five I

love it when I receive this question in

my classes but it’s often said

incorrectly can you explain me this can

you explain me that now it should be can

you explain this to me

can you explain that to me explain me is

wrong explain to me is right I would

never say explain me your answer I would

say either explain to me your answer or

much better explain your answer to me

now there is an exception to this and

this is pretty advanced explain me can

exist in one specific context so you

have to explain an object explain the

object to me or explain to me the object

now if me is the object then yes explain

me can exist for example if I was going

to see a therapist and I was reclining

on his sofa so I don’t understand myself

explain me to me yes that would work but

that’s quite advanced just know that

explain needs an object right that’s it

for today’s lesson those are the five

things that you need to stop saying and

make a conscious effort to avoid and

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another comment I get a lot on Instagram

especially when I upload photos with my

boyfriend boyfriend you can learn

English and many sometimes get the

response I’ve been learning English

looked England ah look at me trying to

teach English say my own language

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