According To & In Terms Of [Advanced English Vocabulary]

welcome to this video today you're going to learn how to use according to and in terms of this is a question that a student had submitted and it's a great question so i'm happy to answer it for you of course i'm jennifer from jforestenglish.com and this channel is dedicated to helping you feel confident speaking english in public so you can take your career and your life to the next level now before we go any further make sure you subscribe and hit that bell icon so you're notified every time i post a new lesson now let's dive in with this video [Music] let's talk about the difference between according to and in terms of now these are two very nice expressions they'll help you sound advanced and fluent in english but they have completely different meaning so they're not interchangeable let's start with according to according to is a preposition to form a complete sentence we need a noun according to and then a noun so something or someone what does this mean it means as stated by as stated by someone or something so we use it to let the person know that the information that we're giving you was stated by someone else or even something else something else such as a document a sign a commercial anything like that for example a company could call me and say according to our records you have an outstanding balance with us so here this noun the something is our records of course records they're just files pieces of paper in a computer system right so they search my name and they see i have an outstanding balance so the person on the phone is letting me know that it's not me who's saying this it's the file it's the record according to our records another example we could say according to doctors we should drink eight glasses of water a day so let's say i'm talking to a friend and i say according to doctors you should drink eight glasses of water a day well my friend will take the advice more seriously because she knows it's not coming from me what do i know it's coming from a doctor which all of a sudden the advice sounds more official so we use this a lot before we share information just so the other person knows where the information came from now let's talk about in terms of in terms of is a phrase to complete this phrase we need one of two things a noun or a gerund a gerund is a verb in ing form what does this mean it's used to identify a specific topic or specific area of focus for example i could say in terms of studying abroad london's a great choice so now when we're having a conversation i've given you the topic so we know we're not talking about just general tourism general entertainment we're not talking about food choices or the cost of living we're talking specifically about studying abroad in terms of studying abroad london's a great choice and notice here because i used a verb it's in the gerund form now remember we can use a noun so i could say in terms of universities oxford is a great choice so now we're not talking about anything we're talking specifically about universities so this is a really great phrase that you can use before meetings before you give a presentation or before you give any information to let the person know what specifically you'll be focusing on in that conversation so now you have two great expressions in your vocabulary according to and in terms of of course it's your turn to practice i want you to leave two examples in the comments below one with according to and one with in terms of and if you found this video helpful please hit the like button share it with your friends and of course subscribe and if you're a busy professional who's serious about improving your english speaking skills so you can take your career and your life to the next level then i want you to go to my website jforestenglish.com there you'll find a free case study where you'll learn how to feel confident speaking english in public so you can impress your boss and clients with your message in only 30 days to get your free case study simply click the button enter your name and email and you'll get instant access and until next time happy studying according to me you're the best students i have and in terms of students you're the best there those are my example sentences and i can't wait to read yours in the comments below i'll see you in my next video bye

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Length: 5min 46sec (346 seconds)

Published: Fri Sep 25 2020