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we are going to be talking about some
common english mistakes normally made in
spoken english but also sometimes in
written english naturally these tend to
be made by people who are learning
english but there are quite a few
mistakes in here that native speakers
also make so you're not alone this is a
very difficult language in this video
i'm going to take the incorrect
sentences and provide you with the
corrections so you can really get them
into your head there is also a free pdf
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speaking mistakes okay the first mistake
is
the misuse of less
and fewer and this is a mistake that i
myself make i hear will make it a lot i
hear my mum make it i don't know if it's
regional i think it's just a mistake
that native speakers make a lot of the
time if you manage to use less and fewer
correctly then you can confidently say
that you speak better than a lot of
native speakers including me let's take
a look at this sentence it's incorrect i
warn you don't write it down there are
less people than yesterday there are
less people than yesterday this should
be corrected to there are fewer people
than yesterday why is this well we use
less
with uncountable nouns and fewer with
countable nouns and people
it's a countable noun if you find it
confusing you can think of it this way
less is used with singular or
uncountable nouns and fewer is used with
plural or countable nouns which one of
these is correct the baby weighed fewer
than two pounds at birth
or the baby weighed less than two pounds
at birth
i'll give you a couple of seconds
less or fewer
it should be fewer pounds plural
countable nouns right let's move on to
three and four our next two mistakes we
are going to be looking at me and i once
again this is a mistake that i have made
many times in the past and every now and
again i do make this mistake and my dad
always corrects me the issue is that
many native speakers are taught to be
wary of
me not me in particular the word me
we're always told it shouldn't be him
and me it should be
him and i but this isn't always correct
it depends on the placement have a look
at this sentence
they gave it to him and i they gave it
to him and i this is incorrect it should
be they gave it to him and me now
there's quite a simple trick for
checking if it should be him and i or
him and me
remove the him and
and see if it fits
they gave it to i doesn't fit they gave
it to me
does fit they gave it to him and me
these next three we're going to be
focusing on subject verb agreement this
is one of the first things you learn in
english but it's hard it can get quite
complicated and we often make mistakes i
often hear sentences like this
one of you are gonna get hurt one of you
are going to get hurt and to my ear it
doesn't actually sound too bad but it is
technically grammatically incorrect it
should be
one of you
is going to get hurt
one of you is going to get hurt because
the is is agreeing with one of you one
of this group of you
one is have a look at this next one
which one do you think is correct
neither car are very fast
neither car is very fast
are or is i'll give you a couple of
seconds
it should be
is
neither means not this one nor this one
neither is
singular last one see if you can get it
each of the plates are broken or each of
the plates is broken give you a couple
of seconds
it should be is again
each one each individual singular is
broken i personally find those quite
tricky it might seem absolutely obvious
to you but to me i really do find that
quite hard i find strange things quite
hard like the difference between take
and bring and left and right would you
believe it
it's funny how everyone's brains work
let's take a look at the articles ah
and anne this is a very common mistake
that i hear normally made by learners of
english i might hear them say something
like it's a old dress it's a old dress
where it should be it's an old dress we
use an
because the word that comes after the
article begins with a vowel sound an old
an old it's actually harder to say ah
old owld
ah old you need to do a little tiny
glottal stop another one it's an amazing
deal it's an amazing deal it should be
it's an amazing deal it's an amazing
deal i used to live with an italian girl
who's a very good friend and she often
made the mistake of actually doing this
the other way around because with words
that began with an h sound her like
hat
she wouldn't pronounce that consonant
sound she would start it with the a
vowel sound instead she would say act
instead of hat
so she said i have bought an at i have
bought an at
and
i thought that was a very very
interesting thing because she was
correctly making the calculations of
whether she should say ah or an
it just was that she was pronouncing the
following word incorrectly there are
some dialects and accents like the
cockney accent where they often drop the
h's i wonder
if they would say i bought an at
instead of i bought
i'm not sure i have to ask someone
because that seems really interesting
next we're going to look at the
difference between beside and besides
these are commonly confused words take a
look at this sentence
she sat besides the river she sat
besides the river this is wrong it
should be she sat beside the river
beside means next to
besides means in addition to can you
tell me which of these next two
sentences is correct i could never be a
dancer beside i'm too old now
or i could never be a dancer besides i'm
too old now
which one do you think is right i'll
give you a couple of seconds
it is besides in addition in addition to
that i'm too old now
next let's look at very common mistake
the mistake of repeating the subject i
hear this all the time take a look at
this sentence my friend she's coming
with me
my friend she's coming with me it should
be my friend is coming with me you don't
need to repeat the subject
it's either my friend is coming with me
or she is coming with me
by saying my friend she's coming with me
you are saying the same thing twice
another example
my handwriting it's improving
my handwriting it's improving
this should be my handwriting's
improving or my handwriting is improving
no need to repeat yourself we got you
next let's take a look at the incorrect
use of nobody
instead of anybody
now i'm not going to say that this is
always incorrect
because it forms part of dialects it's
quite cool slang as well but if you're
looking to write correct english in an
exam or something like that it's
important to know this take a look at
this sentence i don't need nobody's
money
i don't need nobody's money now
grammatically this sentence is wrong
although it sounds right you'll hear it
in music all the time it's like extra
emphasis but it's actually a double
negative it should be i don't need
anybody's money by saying nobody you're
doubling up on that negative another
example i didn't meet nobody at the
party i didn't meet nobody at the party
technically it should be i didn't meet
anybody at the party moving on let's
have a look at would have
should have and could have i actually
made a video all about would have should
have and could have i will link it down
below because it's very useful i know a
lot of students struggle with it
but there is a common mistake
used by native speakers again because we
have the reduction of of would have
should have could have this has been
misinterpreted over the years and people
are saying would of should of and could
of but this is technically incorrect an
example is you could have said you could
have said it's very hard to hear that
slight difference it should be could
have said or she shouldn't have done
that she shouldn't have done that it's
much clearer to see in written english
or i would have helped you should be i
would have helped you it's a very subtle
difference in spoken english but it's a
very clear difference in written english
finally we have our last two mistakes
this is one i read on a daily basis
in my comments section my lovely
students ask me if i've visited their
country and they asked me have you ever
been in india have you ever been in
london have you ever been in italy for
example it's the difference between been
in and been to to have been in means
it's a lasting action which is still
true i've been in here filming for three
hours for example and i'm still here
when you visit or travel to somewhere
you can say that you've been to that
location we'll use it to talk about our
traveling experiences i've been in
london before should be i've been to
london before have you been in india
have you been to india right that is it
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与 lucy 一起回到英语，今天
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我听到会犯很多错误
我听到妈妈犯了我 不知道这是否
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看看这句话是不正确的 我
警告你不要写下来
比昨天的
人少 比昨天的人少 这
应该更正为比昨天的人少
为什么这很好我们用
less
与不可数名词和 少用
可数名词和人
它是可数名词 如果你
觉得它令人困惑 你可以这样想
少用单数或
不可数名词 少用
复数或可数名词 其中
一个是正确的
出生时两磅
或婴儿出生时体重不到两磅
我会给你几秒钟
或更少
它应该更少磅复数
可数名词让我们移动o n 到
3 和 4 我们接下来的两个错误，
我们将看着我，我再
一次，这是我过去犯过
很多次的
错误，我时不时地犯这个错误，我爸爸
总是纠正我 问题是，
许多以母语为母语的人都被教导要
警惕
我，而不是我，尤其是
我们总是被告知不应该是他
和我，应该是
他和我，但这并不总是正确的，
这取决于 位置
看看这句话
他们给了他和我他们给
了他和我这是不正确的应该
是他们给了他和我现在
有一个非常简单的技巧来
检查它是否应该是他和我 或者
他和我
删除他
，看看它是否适合
他们给它我不适合他们给
它我
不适合他们给它给他和
我接下来的三个我们将
专注于主语动词协议 这
是你用英语学习的第一件事，
但很难它会变得相当
复杂，而且 我们经常犯错误 我
经常听到这样的句子
你们中的一个会受到伤害 你们
中的一个会受到伤害 在我的耳朵里，这
实际上听起来并不太糟糕，但从
技术上讲，它在语法上是不正确的，
应该
是你们
中的一个
你们中的一个人会受伤，
因为他同意你们中的一个人，你们这群人中的一个人
，
看看下一个
，你认为哪一个是正确的，
这两辆车都不是很快
非常快
是或者是 我会给你几
秒钟
它应该
是
既不是这个也不是这个
也不是
单数 最后一个 看看你能不能得到它
每个盘子都坏了或者每个盘子都坏
了 给你
几秒钟
，应该是
每个单数都被
打破
了 之间的区别
拿来拿来左右你会
相信
吗每个人的大脑如何工作都很有趣
让我们来看看这些文章啊
和安妮这是一个非常常见的错误
，我听到的英语学习者通常会犯
我可能会听到他们说
类似的话 a old dress it's a old dress
where it should be it's an old dress we
use an
因为文章后面的词
以元音开头 发音 an old
an old 实际上更难说 ah
old owld
ah old you need to do a 小小
声门 停止另一个 这是一个惊人的
交易 这是一个了不起的交易 它应该
是一个惊人的交易 这是一个了不起的
交易 我曾经和一个意大利女孩住在一起，
她是一个非常好的朋友，她经常
犯错误，实际上是这样做
的另一个 因为以
h 开头的单词听起来像
hat
她不会发那个
辅音她会以
元音开头而不是她会说 act
而不是 hat
所以她说我买了一个 at 我
买了一个 at
我认为这是一件非常非常
有趣的事情，因为她
正确地计算
了她应该说 ah
还是只是她
错误地发音以下单词有
一些方言和口音，例如
伦敦口音，他们经常放弃
h's 我想
知道他们是否会说我买了一个 at
而不是我买了
我不确定我必须问别人，
因为这看起来真的很有趣
接下来我们将看看
旁边和之间的区别 除了
这些是常见的混淆词
看看这句话
她坐在河边
两
句话是对的，
除了我现在太老了
，我永远不会成为舞者，或者我永远不会成为舞者，除了我
现在太老了
，你认为哪一个是对的，我
给你几秒钟
s 是 除了
除了 我太老了
接下来让我们看看很常见
的错误 重复主题的错误 我一直
听到这个 看看
这句话 我的朋友她
和我一起来
我的朋友她是 和我一起来应该
是我的朋友和我一起来你
不需要重复这个
主题要么是我的朋友和我一
起来要么她和我一起
说我的朋友她和我一起来
你说同样的话两次
另一个例子
我的笔迹 它正在改进
我的笔迹 它正在改进
这应该是我的笔迹正在
改进 或者我的笔迹正在改进
不需要重复你自己 我们得到你
接下来 让我们看看不正确的
使用nobody
而不是any
now 我不打算 说这
总是不正确的，
因为它是方言的一部分，它也是
很酷的俚语，但如果你
想在考试中写出正确的英语
或类似的东西，
了解这一点很重要 看看
这句话我不需要任何人的
钱
我不需要任何人的钱现在
语法上这句话是错误的
虽然听起来不错你会一直
在音乐中听到它就像是额外的
强调但它实际上是一个双重
否定它应该 是我不需要
任何人的钱 说没有人 你
在那个负面上加倍了 另一个
例子 我没有在
派对上遇到任何人 我没有在派对上遇到任何人 从
技术上讲应该是我没有遇到
任何人 继续前进的聚会让
我们看看
应该有并且可以有我实际上
制作了一个关于应该
有并且可以有的视频我会将它链接到
下面因为它非常有用我知道
很多学生都在努力解决它
但是
母语人士再次使用了一个常见错误，因为
我们减少了 would have
should have could have 这多年来一直被
误解，
人们说 would of should of 和 could
of 但这在技术上是不正确的
举个例子，你可以说你
可以说很难听到应该说的
细微差别，
或者她
不应该做她不应该做的
事情，用书面英语
或 我会帮你的
可爱的
学生问我是否访问过他们的
国家，他们问
我你去过印度吗 你去过
伦敦吗 你去过意大利吗
例如，这就是
去过和
去过的区别。 一个持久的动作，仍然是
真实的
，例如，我在这里拍摄了三个小时，
当你访问或旅行到某个地方时，我仍然在这里，
你可以说你去过那个
地方，我们会用它来交谈 关于我们的
旅行 我以前在
伦敦的经历应该是我
以前去过伦敦 你去过印度
吗 你去过印度吗 这
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