10 English Grammar Mistakes that are Accepted in Casual Speech

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Күн бұрын

There is a difference between how people should speak and how they actually speak. Language is democratic. This means that the community of people who speak a language ultimately decide which words and structures are accepted in that language. Let me be clear: YOU SHOULD ALWAYS STRIVE TO USE CORRECT GRAMMAR, especially in formal situations such as work reports, emails, and academic essays. However, in casual, everyday situations, almost everyone makes mistakes. And I don’t just mean people who are learning a new language - I mean people who speak that language as their first language. In the case of English, there are many grammatical mistakes which people make, but which are accepted in informal situations. I look at those mistakes in this video, including the technically incorrect usage of “there is” instead of “there are”, “lay” instead of “lie”, “less” instead of “fewer”, “me” instead of “I”, and more. Watch this class to learn the correct usage in all of these cases, and to learn how many people actually speak in casual settings. Test your own grammatical understanding by doing the quiz at engVid - and don’t worry if it’s not perfect! You’re probably not alone. www.engvid.com/10-english-gra...
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00:00 - 10 Grammar Mistakes (that are accepted) -
02:02 "There is" or "there are"?
03:03 "There was" or "there were"?
03:44 "Less" or "fewer"?
04:22 "You and me" or "you and I"?
05:11 "Between you and I" or "between you and me"?
06:21 "Who/whom" or "that"?
07:01 "Should of" or "Should've"?
07:51 "Farther" or "further"?
08:57 "In regard to" or "in regards to"?
10:18 "Lie" or "lay"?
13:09 - Conclusion -

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@engvidAlex Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, everyone! A few more of my videos about common English mistakes: 15 English words that even native speakers don't pronounce correctly kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aLKko62ny6eaqHU.html The 10 Most Frequent Preposition Mistakes in English kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mbh7laplzZi9gas.html

@Disciple1963 6 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for your efforts, Alex! God bless you and your family!

@pfa2075 9 ай бұрын

Awesome. Love your sense of humor every time, always laughing 😂

@engvidAlex 9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoy it! 🙂

@gabriellagirardi4741 Жыл бұрын

Very clear explanation. Thank you so much

@quidquamquaero5694 Жыл бұрын

Extremely useful. Glad I found this playlist. Thank you.

@diminikolova 11 ай бұрын

❤that's best teacher ever

@ZzwhiskeybkszZ Жыл бұрын

learned so much from this video. thank you very much sir! never knew some of these

@UMK11 Жыл бұрын

Nice voice 🙂

@janerocha2674 4 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for this lesson! It's very, very worthy learning about it. May you be very happy and successful in your personal and professional projects. May everyone everywhere be filled with a lotta peace, good health and harmony.

@ajsganesh2406 Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for your useful lessons Sir❤

@klafkekonzen Жыл бұрын

So usefull this lesson! Thanks for all this tips! 😇

@lucianaamaral2436 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Alex!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻

@ArningEchanoPH Жыл бұрын

This is very helpful! Gracias Alex!

@moazph Жыл бұрын

Clear explanation. Thanks

@lucianojanducci9907 Жыл бұрын

Good lesson. Thanks for sharing it!!!

@nadineee_12 9 ай бұрын

Awesome! Learned valuable lessons from this video :) Thank you!

@TheWheelchairGuy Жыл бұрын

You have a good voice, Teacher Alex. Keep up the good work

@krishnadev5065 Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir ❤

@zizziz-sf6lo 16 күн бұрын

WOW. THIS IS YOUR BEST VIDEO. I LOVE IT. THANK YOU FOR THIS LESSON.

@engvidAlex 16 күн бұрын

You're very welcome!

@kelly8952 Жыл бұрын

Hello teacher! Excellent class as always. I accidentally deleted my previous comment I made about your class, so here I am doing it again. In the other comment, I had a doubt and you clarified it for me. I attend all your classes. Thank you very much.

@muzeyyenata5199 7 ай бұрын

Thank you very much.. This subject was a major question in my mind for a long time. I mean, I was wondering the accepted mistakes in english. I hope to listen much more examples about accepted mistakes. Again thank you sir.❤

@Adrian-foto 7 ай бұрын

Thank You for a nice refreshing grammar lesson to enjoy while drinking my afternoon coffee. Working among non-native speakers makes it difficult to attain correct grammar habits and not to slip. Your have earned my subscription :) Greetings from Slovakia.

@engvidAlex 7 ай бұрын

You're very welcome. It sounds like a pleasant afternoon activity.

@vio_523 Жыл бұрын

I didn't know the difference between lie and lay, thank you Alex! Excellent video

@user-kh3ke4ky7m Жыл бұрын

He is an amazing teacher.😂

@davidaristideakoaamenda2022 Жыл бұрын

Great sir, thanks a bunch

@royheins231 2 ай бұрын

Great point regarding the lyrics of the song

@americanohot3167 Жыл бұрын

I love the way you explain 😊

@goayvesarnaud 10 ай бұрын

Wow I learned a lot of stuff with this video..Thanks a lot teacher Alex .

@nadiasubotiak2394 11 ай бұрын

Thank you very much.

@eugenekuchumov5619 Жыл бұрын

Hello and Thanks. So useful

@user-mj5pv7nv7n 8 ай бұрын

I love this lesson you are giving .I ask you a question? Have you submittd Alex birthday befor?🎉

@ronenr1405 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Alex ❤

@criscs9625 Жыл бұрын

Very good vídeo!!! Thanks

@ishaakismail8874 11 ай бұрын

the best teacher of all time ❤

@VidalSelma 9 ай бұрын

Very good!

@mbydokht4556 Жыл бұрын

thanks it's supper useful

@ilyabesk9809 Жыл бұрын

You should do full cover of that song! It's going to sound great!

@engvidAlex Жыл бұрын

Haha. Maybe, but I doubt it.

@levikayatt4 Жыл бұрын

You're great, Alex

@user-sf8hr5ox7t 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much l could learn more details ❤ l suscribed

@nikolaykovalenkosinger-1410 Жыл бұрын

Oh, this is my the most confusing topic with lie and lay)) Thank you for the lesson!

@engvidAlex Жыл бұрын

As I mentioned, you don't have to worry about it too much. I wish I used the example of "chickens lay eggs" in the video to make it a little clearer. :)

@nikolaykovalenkosinger-1410 Жыл бұрын

@@engvidAlex the video was clear enough👌

@petrab9399 Жыл бұрын

My Cambridge English textbook says that using "that" for people is correct. (the book is English File)

@ProkopHoly Жыл бұрын

I really like this video.💟

@jamshidgaforov639 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Alex.

@engvidAlex Жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@jamshidgaforov639 Жыл бұрын

Hello Alex. my teacher has improved her listening skills because of your videos and scored 8.5. And she suggested your video to me. I hope you help me as well.

@jamshidgaforov639 Жыл бұрын

Overall score 8.5

@AhmedMuse-ph4mp Жыл бұрын

Teacher Alex , when you are explaining a lesson ,please you have to use lyrics , if you use lyrics when you explain a lesson about video every person that saw your video he can understand so easily and he got a lot of useful, please teacher make us that request

@sarah.moh22 Жыл бұрын

Keep it up ❤❤❤❤

@eduardofulgencio741 3 ай бұрын

Hola. Disculpa que te escriba en castellano. Quiero expresarme bien y que con un traductor lo puedas leer en inglés. Propuesta: En el colegio cuando éramos pequeños la profesora nos leía un texto y nosotros lo escribimos en papel. Después corregimos los errores de escritura de lo que habíamos escrito. Por ejemplo un texto acerca de la ciudad. En el video vas pronunciando frase por frase y nos da tiempo a escribir. En la descripción del video añades el texto para que nosotros lo corrugamos. En los canales de inglés que veo ninguno tiene esta opción. A ver que te parece. If you can do one video about this mode of listening English and waiting the feedback from people for add another one. Thanks for you help.

@thilakasirispathiranage9981 Жыл бұрын

The route lay to my home. I'll do my best to go further.

@WellMefisto Жыл бұрын

I receive e-mails at work and some people don't even sign their mails, let alone being careful with grammar.

@veenanarwani761 Жыл бұрын

🙏

@alnipk 6 ай бұрын

If we used in /at instead of at/in,would it be accepted?

@JonathanLandon Жыл бұрын

"There is a lot of..." is actually correct. "A lot" is singular. Here, "lot" is a singular noun meaning a group or set of objects. That is why it uses the article "a". "There are many..." is plural.

@engvidAlex Жыл бұрын

Good catch! I can’t believe I missed that. There are always more things to learn.

@youdonnubgya92 Жыл бұрын

😊😊

@user-zf4nh7zo3j 2 ай бұрын

Nice voice

@Chwee98 Жыл бұрын

If I say my friend and I are going to go to grocery store, is that correct? What if I say my friend and I am, is that accepted? I'm asking this because I usually make this mistake. Thank you for the video ❤️

@engvidAlex Жыл бұрын

In this case, "My friend and I are..." is the correct form. You're saying "We are." If you use "or," the verb agrees with the closest subject. For example, "Julia or I am going to get the job." But even in this case, "Julia or I are..." is accepted. "My friend and I am..." sounds weird and isn't accepted...at least, not where I live, and not in the areas I'm familiar with. :)

@Chwee98 Жыл бұрын

@@engvidAlex Well explained. Thank you very much ❤️

@peaceprosperity3951 Жыл бұрын

@@engvidAlex Hi, Alex. As an English grammarian, I am afraid that " Julia or I are" is amiss. Instead, Julia or I am is the way to go.

@peaceprosperity3951 Жыл бұрын

Hi, Alex. I am a stickler for grammar accuracy. As a result, it always surprises me to see English teachers, some of whom are natives, making these mistakes while teaching.

@fylosofer 7 ай бұрын

@6:41 If we're going to be pedantic then it should be "She is the woman *whom* he married," not "She is the woman *who* he married." If we're going to be correct, let's be correct.

@engvidAlex 7 ай бұрын

The use of “whom” has been being phased out of sentences like this one for decades. You’re right, of course, but popular usage eventually becomes the rule. I advise my students to use “whom” correctly in formal writing and speaking, but in everyday situations, most native speakers have no clue when they should use “whom,” so it’s not fair to expect learners to know when to use it either except as a didactic exercise which satisfies curiosity. It would be wonderful if everyone knew how to use it, though!

@dcserranoa Жыл бұрын

I hate the contractions!!! xD

@engvidAlex Жыл бұрын

Do you write “should of”? 😅

@dcserranoa Жыл бұрын

@@engvidAlex jejeje nop. But I have many problems with contractions in listening... 😢

@thilakasirispathiranage9981 Жыл бұрын

If someone had visited here I would have done something.

@ishaakismail8874 11 ай бұрын

there was a man who has a dog 😂

@nikolaykovalenkosinger-1410 Жыл бұрын

they're lying and lying :)

@asra9897 Жыл бұрын

Should we as well start making these mistakes to sound natural? 🥲

@engvidAlex Жыл бұрын

Ha! What a question. :) Not really, no. As I mentioned, good grammar is always preferable to technically incorrect grammar. If you do make these mistakes, though, it's not a massive deal in a casual setting (unless your friends are grammar jerks!).