Hi everyone! I've just realised that 3 minutes into the video, there's a typing error. It says 'paino', but it should say 'piano' 🤦♀️. Unfortunately I can't change it without removing the video 😬
@stephenharris-dr6 ай бұрын
Thanks again for the perfect course.
@EnglishWithEm6 ай бұрын
My pleasure, and thank you! 😊🌻
@andresbernal73286 ай бұрын
Thanks for your explanation. :)
@EnglishWithEm6 ай бұрын
You're welcome 😊🌻
@freshstart1346 ай бұрын
thanks
@EnglishWithEm6 ай бұрын
My pleasure 😊🌻
@muradhabibi820 Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot.
@EnglishWithEm Жыл бұрын
You're welcome! 😊🌻
@razzakggodblessyou1613 жыл бұрын
Perfect God bless you
@omprakashmohapatra19403 ай бұрын
Hi mam! There is a situation, i need some groceries at 6am and i think the shops are not open because it's early. Here can i use modals of deduction? Ex- 1- The shops must be closed now. 2- The shops might be open now. Are these sentences correct?
@EnglishWithEm3 ай бұрын
Hey! Yes, perfect! 👌🌻
@user-ou8tz1tq1b3 жыл бұрын
Hello teacher! Can we use couldn't instead of can't wnen we make a deduction in the present and in the past? .If so,is there any difference between them. Thank you for your lesson.It was VERY useful.
@EnglishWithEm3 жыл бұрын
Very good question! You can use both can't and couldn't to express impossibility in the past - She can't have been happy when her car was stolen / She couldn't have been happy when her car was stolen. There's no real difference between the two phrases except that 'couldn't have' sounds a little more formal. In a past (3rd) conditional, you can use 'couldn't have', but NOT 'can't have' - I couldn't have passed my exam if I hadn't studied (CORRECT). I can't have passed my exam if I hadn't studied (INCORRECT). For present tense deductions, 'can't' is the only correct form for something you believe to be impossible - She isn't answering the door, so she can't be at home (CORRECT). She isn't answering the door, so she couldn't be at home (INCORRECT). I'm glad you found the videos useful!
@user-ou8tz1tq1b3 жыл бұрын
@@EnglishWithEm I greatly appreciate. I am looking forward to your new lessons.
@tramhicks12152 жыл бұрын
love these
@eugenewhiting89286 ай бұрын
Hi Emma! No words! You are really perfect in that your occupation! If I had a daughter like you, I would be proud of her. But she is only thinking about dressing makeup but not about studying......Even mr. Sherlock Holmes would apploud you !!! (I hope I am not being too sarcastic, so I hope you will forgive me)😉❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤👍👍👍
@EnglishWithEm6 ай бұрын
😂 I guess that's because the nuances of English truly interest me. People are almost always good at something if they truly love it 😁🌻
@reemaqlan49492 жыл бұрын
Thank you Teacher Emma It was helpful.
@EnglishWithEm2 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome!
@omprakashmohapatra1940 Жыл бұрын
Hi mam! Regarding the piano player example ‘He must be a professional’ is it correct to say ‘He must not be a beginner’? Regarding past modal of deduction, ‘He must have gone for lunch’ it means he went for lunch in past and still at restaurant?
@EnglishWithEm Жыл бұрын
Hi! No, we don't use 'must not' as a modal of deduction. If you are very sure that something isn't the case, use can't - He can't be a beginner. Re 'He must've gone for lunch.' - you're right! 🙌🌻
@Nina-ki8cq2 жыл бұрын
Thank u so much, its very helpful!!!
@EnglishWithEm2 жыл бұрын
Hi Nina! You're very welcome :-)
@omprakashmohapatra1940 Жыл бұрын
Hi mam! ‘After having lived abroad for many years I decided to come back to my country.’ ‘After living abroad for many years I decided to come back to my country.’ Are these two sentences same?
@EnglishWithEm Жыл бұрын
Yes, they are exactly the same 🙌🌻
@english_podkluch67822 жыл бұрын
Thank you so so much !
@EnglishWithEm2 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome!
@nirajthakor97487 ай бұрын
3:08 but what if i say "He must be playing to a large audience" so here I'm guessing that he plays to a large audience...So it isn't correct??
@EnglishWithEm7 ай бұрын
It is correct to deduce that he's playing to a large audience. You can't see the audience, so you are not 100% sure. He could be rehearsing in an empty concert hall.
@nirajthakor97487 ай бұрын
@@EnglishWithEm Oh thank you mam, I have doubt about subjunctive if we express our sudden desire to happen another way or to be or something.. Suppose sitting on the chair I'm watching a video and watching it i wish for something *Oh i wish i hugged him Or Oh i wish i could hug him* bcz some people says here we should go with HAD + HUGGED bcz the incident in past but here i would say that video has nothing to do with me the moment because I'm watching it randomly... Also my little brother isn't studying and now he started watching his favourite show *I wish power went out right mow Or I wish i power would go out* Or maybe i would say *I wish the show wasn't being broadcast OR I wish the show wouldn't be being broadcast* Now in this example my dilemma is this is both present and past so Should i say "I wish the show hadn't been being broadcast today" but show isn't over yet and i wish for it in the middle 🙏
@EnglishWithEm7 ай бұрын
@@nirajthakor9748 Interesting question. In order to be fair to all commenters, I only answer questions relating to the video content, but I can share some short videos I have made on the topic. I'm also planning on doing a longer video about this soon. I will answer your question in that video! Here's my wish/if only playlist: kzfaq.info/sun/PLuC54G6Zw3ejseXvQ_7jZb0BbFsQxGCel 😊🌻
@nirajthakor97487 ай бұрын
@@EnglishWithEm Okay mam! 🙏
@EnglishWithEm7 ай бұрын
@@nirajthakor9748 😊🌻
@akshatmukundam9742 жыл бұрын
Hello, hope you are doing great 👍. Sorry for disturbing you once again. Basically, "Can't be doing" means something that I can generally do but I am not able to do that at the moment. Like, I can cook, but I can't be cooking now because my mom is not around and she has told me to not cook when she is not at home. But, I watched an american play of a teen telling his friends " we can't be drinking, as we are underage" when his friends were heading to a wine shop. What does that mean?
@EnglishWithEm2 жыл бұрын
Hi! Generally, we wouldn’t use ‘can’t be doing’ to talk about ourselves. It is used to speculate/guess about what another person is or is not doing. Imagine the following scenario: A: I just saw Amy walking to work. B: Really? I don’t think so… she can’t be walking to work now because she’s on holiday this week. You must have seen someone who looked like her. In this situation, B deduces that it wasn’t Amy that was walking to work because they know that she is on holiday. If my mum had told me not to cook while she wasn’t at home, I would use the present simple - ‘I can’t cook right now because my mum has told me not to.’ In the case of the play, ‘we can’t be drinking’, this ‘can’t be doing’ structure is used to indicate that they are doing something although they should not be doing it. It’s quite informal and is used to express surprise that you are doing an action which you shouldn’t really be doing. It is basically a stronger form of saying ‘I shouldn’t be doing…’
@akshatmukundam9742 жыл бұрын
@@EnglishWithEm Thanks a lot madam! You help me a lot!
@EnglishWithEm2 жыл бұрын
@@akshatmukundam974 you're very welcome!
@akshatmukundam9742 жыл бұрын
Hello, here after your recommendation. But I have a doubt. Which between must do and must be doing should I use when talking about general activities. For example, He is used to typing fast, he must chat/must be chatting a lot. Some people must live/ must be living upstairs. He may work/may be working in a school.
@akshatmukundam9742 жыл бұрын
Also, happy holi!
@EnglishWithEm2 жыл бұрын
with these modals of deduction, you should use the 'must do' form because you are talking about permanent, or repeated activities. The 'ing' form is used to talk about actions that are happening now, or temporary situations. You could say 'some people must be living upstairs' if this was a temporary situation. Maybe there was no noise before, but now you can hear people upstairs. The situation of them living upstairs is new and you don't know if it will be permanent. If you had just moved into a flat/apartment and you heard people upstairs, it would be reasonable to say 'some people must live upstairs'. You would assume that they had been living there bofore and would continue to live there, so you would believe it to be a permanent situation.
@akshatmukundam9742 жыл бұрын
@@EnglishWithEm Thanks a ton madam!
@omprakashmohapatra19402 жыл бұрын
Hi mam! The word ‘cloths’ is countable or uncountable? ‘Some of my clothes are/is torn.’ In this case what is correct ‘are’ or ‘is’ ? Can we use ‘some’ before a plural noun? Like ‘some apples’ ?
@EnglishWithEm2 жыл бұрын
Hi! 'Clothes' is an uncountable, plural noun. It is always used to refer to more than 1 item of clothing, so 'Some of my clothes are torn.' is correct. You can absolutely use 'some' before a plural noun because 'some' refers to an unspecified number. It is used with plural nouns (apples, chairs, euros, hats...), and also with uncountable nouns (some time, money, coffee, clothes...).
@Shivachoudhary042 жыл бұрын
Ma'am what's the difference between 1.subject +Can't +be action+ing 2. subject+ Can't +action
@EnglishWithEm2 жыл бұрын
When you use ‘can’t’ as a modal verb of deduction, the verb which follows is not always an action, so it is better to think of it as: 1) subject + can’t + verb + ing: This is used to talk about an action. Sam is at home. He can’t be working. 2) subject + can’t + verb: This is used to talk about a state, not an action. The most common verbs in this case are ‘be’ and ‘have’. You have a big coat on. You can’t be cold.
@Shivachoudhary042 жыл бұрын
@@EnglishWithEm Thankyou madam 😊... ma'am Is CAN always used with NOT in deduction whether deduction is in present or past?????
@EnglishWithEm2 жыл бұрын
@@Shivachoudhary04 that's right. 'Can' is never used in modals of deduction. It is always in the negative form 'Can't'. It is used when we are very sure that something isn't possible.
@Shivachoudhary042 жыл бұрын
@@EnglishWithEm Thankyou so much ma'am 😊
@Shivachoudhary042 жыл бұрын
In a cricket match after toss a cricketer said 'We can't be thinking about the toss too much, so let's play some good cricket today.' My doubt is- Now what does he want to say using Can't be?? And if he said.. WE CAN'T THINK instead of WE CAN'T BE THINKING..then would the meaning be changed of the sentence????????..plz do reply I'm very confused🙏
@EnglishWithEm2 жыл бұрын
Hi Shiva, this is an interesting example. 'Can't be doing' is often used, but I think it is technically incorrect. If you say 'We can't think about the toss too much', or 'We can't be thinking about the toss too much', the meaning is exactly the same. Do you know where the speaker is from? It may be that it's a regional variation.
@Shivachoudhary042 жыл бұрын
@@EnglishWithEm Ma'am speaker is from India... Ma'am as u said 'Can't be doing' is often used but technically incorrect so 'Can't be thinking' should be incorrect??..or is it the present deduction of modal here bcoz he is saying this after the decision of toss????
@EnglishWithEm2 жыл бұрын
@@Shivachoudhary04 I have read a little about the situation and 'the toss' he is referring to is the coin toss to decide who would bat first. The decision to bat first turned out to be a bad one, so when he says 'we can't be thinking about the toss too much', he means that there is nothing to gain from thinking about the past decision because they can do nothing to change it. I used 'can't be doing' as an example, but the same would apply to any verb. The meaning is the same whether you say 'can't think' or 'can't be thinking'.
@Shivachoudhary042 жыл бұрын
@@EnglishWithEm ok Ma'am...I got the point now...it means we can say CAN'T BE THINKING/VERBING but it's not grammatically correct...and even it's not the present deduction tense here....now am I right mam???? If we want to say grammatically correct we will say CAN'T ACTION
@Shivachoudhary042 жыл бұрын
@@EnglishWithEm here it's not the present deduction????
@omprakashmohapatra19402 жыл бұрын
Hi mam! Like we use ‘Present and past modals of deduction’ What about the future? ‘Is Can’t have +V3 same as Couldn’t have + V3’ ?
@EnglishWithEm2 жыл бұрын
Hi! Yes, 'can't have + V3' and 'couldn't have + V3' are the same. Modals of deduction are basically about making predictions based on evidence. For the future, we use 'will' or 'going to' for predictions. It's more typical to use 'going to' when there is evidence for the prediction. A typical example - Look at those dark clouds. It's going to rain!
@omprakashmohapatra19402 жыл бұрын
@@EnglishWithEm Mam! My grand mother expired today.
@EnglishWithEm2 жыл бұрын
@@omprakashmohapatra1940 I'm very sorry to here that. My grandmother also died recently. It is her birthday in a couple of days, so she is on my mind a lot at the moment. My deepest sympathy to you and your family 💐
@omprakashmohapatra19402 жыл бұрын
@@EnglishWithEm How old was she?
@EnglishWithEm2 жыл бұрын
@@omprakashmohapatra1940 She was 90 and she lived a very good life. We were close, so I miss her. How old was your grandmother?