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

@Brilliant988

9 ай бұрын

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

9 ай бұрын

Wow. a beautiful lady.

@nataliyaboncheva6132

9 ай бұрын

​@@skyy223😅9.00 7:36 😊

@lanceilyn

9 ай бұрын

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

9 ай бұрын

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

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

9 ай бұрын

Am*

@Grizzlywer

9 ай бұрын

​@@eduardossesariza7970am*

@Inke7

9 ай бұрын

It's a typo losers! 😂

@miljann98

9 ай бұрын

​@@Inke7It's a typo, losers! 😂*

@rya789

9 ай бұрын

Relax sharks it was just a mistyped one

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

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 😂

I am from Russia. Here in schools teachers always teach us to pronounce often without t, finaaaaance, zebra with american variant and "the" always in short form, so I knew about "theeeeee" pronunciation variant only from youtube videos. The only thing that I am sure in is the fact that english lessons in russian schools have come from USSR and the way they teach us didn't changed for 20 or even 30 years.

"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'!"

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.

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

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

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

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.❤

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

Thanks a lot, Lucy, for this outstanding lesson, very clarifying.

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.

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

I'm late, but thank you so much for that lesson! It was so helpful, I've always struggled with quite a few of those...

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

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

Great lesson! Always so helpful.

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.

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".

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

@Willpowersfan

9 ай бұрын

Hi !!!!

@Willpower757

9 ай бұрын

​@@Willpowersfan Hello !!!

Awesome! Thanks again, Lucy.

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.

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

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.

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

9 ай бұрын

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

@user-no2mz9hl4f

9 ай бұрын

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

8 ай бұрын

@@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

8 ай бұрын

@@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

8 ай бұрын

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

Thanks for keeeping your grammar up to date!

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

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

*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!🙏🙏🙏*

@sonjak8265

9 ай бұрын

it is better to say: use English

@UkOutreach

9 ай бұрын

Utilize - yuk.

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!🌹❤️

@ChixandPolitix

7 ай бұрын

Ugh.

@brylant8ct

6 ай бұрын

Spot on

@mohdarbaz9548

5 ай бұрын

Habibi absolutely

Thank you, my teacher, for this beautiful explanation.

Love your energy and explanation

Me encanto la lección, muchas gracias 😊

Thanks for the excellent lesson!

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

I love "whom"... 😔

You can say either either or either.

Thank you Lucy. So useful and confident-making!

@m1nt9reen

6 ай бұрын

*confidence inspiring (with or without a hyphen)

Fantastic lesson! All the very best

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

9 ай бұрын

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

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

Hi Lucy, thank you so much for another brilliant video of yours 🤗❤ I have a question that has been bugging me for quite some time. Would it be possible to pronounce the word "subsequently" in more than one way?

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 ...

Thank you - so glad to have found your channel

Wonderful Lucy, so many thanks!

Great Lucy!My favourite english teacher .... the lesson is fantastic❤

Thanks Lucy for this useful video.

this needed to be said

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

Thank you beautiful teacher❤

Thanks Ms. Lucy.❤

Thank you. Very helpful❤

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

9 ай бұрын

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

9 ай бұрын

​@@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

9 ай бұрын

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

@cosmodoc

9 ай бұрын

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

@RingsLoreMaster

9 ай бұрын

​@@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.

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

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

I really love your lessons! ❤

I feel i learn so much with one of your videos , than i would by taking a couple of lessons with any other teacher🎉

Hello dear Lucy, one of the best teachers ever, it was a fabulous lesson I finally learned difference in usage between fewer and less, I would always use them interchangeably. however, after this amazing lesson I learnt this and many more that all this time I was thinking that I was wrong. And again thank you very much for making this amazing free videos for helping me and millions of other students who doesn't have the money to attend at English classes with their English learning journey. Good luck dear Lucy.

Great Lucy.... I've been enjoying your classes for sometime

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....

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

Loveeeeee this lesson, thank you so much. Greetings from Chile.

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

Good job Lucy. Have a great evening from Madrid spain. 👍

Thanks so much for your video ❤

Loved it ❤❤❤❤❤ thanks you🙏🏽

Thanks. Enjoyed that one.

Love watching your video! ❤

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

Brava come sempre! 🤗

This is such a lovely video. Thank you so much.

İt was really informative,thanks a lot Lucy

Good lesson Lucy. 🙂

Hey Lucy! Can You please make a video on Phonetics and transcription. Looking forward for it! By the way this video is great. Thank You!

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

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.

Thank you very much for this, I'm now a bit more relaxed:)

Very interesting. Cool, Lucy. Thanks.

What a wonderful lesson!!! ❤❤❤

I love your teaching style teacher Lucy

Thanks and love from France.

Precision and depth of analysis usually encountered only in science and/or philosophy.

Excellent!

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

Great lesson ❤

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.

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

A great teacher.

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

9 ай бұрын

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

8 ай бұрын

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

4 ай бұрын

@@landsgevaerspot on

Thanks a lot for the video! May i ask you to explain the word 'alternate' and 'alternative' pronunciation, please ❤

شكرا جزيلا ست لوسي على هذا الدرس

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

Great lesson, I like to see your videos and increase my learning of English with your fantastic teaching

Thank you so much ❤❤❤❤

Brilliant!

Hello Lucy, Thanks for a nice video.

Very interesting, thank you!

Just fantastic!!!