Don't Mind, Don't Care, Don't Matter - Important Differences!

if someone asks you a question like should we go and get some food and you want to say hmm I have no preference should you say I don't mind or I don't care or I don't matter one of these is a common mistake I hear from students another one sounds very rude and the other one sounds perfect if you know which one is which then perfect you don't need this video but if you don't want to sound rude and you don't want to make a mistake keep watching [Music] so first to mind this means you don't like something you're annoyed at something so a question like do you mind if I play music you're asking is it a problem if I play music so depending how you feel about this you should answer one of these yes I mind remember it means is it a problem so if this is a problem to you if you don't like it you say yes I mind yes it's a problem yes I don't like it but if it's fine it's not a problem for me then you say now I don't mind again you're saying no this is not a problem it's fine the verb mind it's most common in questions like this do you mind if la blah blah you're asking permission you're requesting something usually you're asking is this a problem and if you want a verb after use the verb ing form for example I don't mind listening or you can use a noun for example I don't mind your music it's fine but you wouldn't often say this in the positive if it wasn't a response to a question so for example if he is playing the music she just wants to say excuse me your music is a problem for me she won't say excuse me I mind your music that doesn't sound natural no she would just say excuse me I hate your music turn it off but remember if it's an answer - do you mind that's fine I don't mind also means I have no preference for example someone gives you a choice chocolate or straw you want to say I have no preference you can say hmm I don't mind I have no preference but this is where the confusion comes in this is where people get confused matter that is also a verb and it means to be important to be significant so if I say to you hey you you matter I'm saying you are important so if you want to say this thing isn't important it doesn't matter an example if you break your friends phone and your friend is super cool your friend wants to say don't worry it's not important don't worry don't worry it doesn't matter she's saying it's not important don't worry your friend is cool now of course this is not great but your friend is super cool and apparently super rich she wants to say it's not important and it's not a problem for me don't worry it doesn't matter I don't mind we're still friends still cool so you can use both of those in this context and they basically mean the same thing also you can also use it in this context again you can say I don't mind but you can also say it doesn't matter this is not saying the ice cream is not important of course it is it's just saying the choice isn't important I'm happy with this and I'm happy with this I have no preference so here they can be used in the same way but remember the difference it doesn't matter I don't mind hmm but what about I don't care well that has a different feeling now if you say I don't care in some contexts yeah it means you don't a preference but mostly I don't care means I have no interest in this thing so use it carefully for example you're talking with your boyfriend or girlfriend about plans for tonight hmm what should we do tonight now for you you don't have a preference they can choose hmm I don't mind say this one you don't have a preference they can choose say this hmm doesn't matter this one is okay but it sounds like you care a little bit less so depending how you say it you might be in trouble with your boyfriend or girlfriend so be careful I don't want your boyfriend or girlfriend leaving me an angry comment and finally hmm I don't care this sounds like you have no interest no feelings about the whole thing so be very careful don't use this one it sounds like you're being rude it sounds like ah it's not important to me yeah again don't mind no preference doesn't matter mm-hmm it's not important I don't care I have no interest no feelings about this however in my experience Americans and Canadians they will use this one and for them it has the same feeling as I don't mind so British English it sounds rude American Canadian it's more normal so back to this example now you know the difference I don't matter no you're saying I'm not important that's not what you meant you wanted to say I don't have a preference right so it doesn't matter this one can sound rude it's saying this I have no interest in our plans that would sell rude but this one this one is saying I have no preference you can choose if you like use this one the question for you to answer in the comments when you learn English what do you think matters the most does pronunciation matter most does grammar even matter what do you think let me know in the comments thanks for watching remember to follow me on Instagram Facebook Twitter at Papa teach me and if you want extra extra English practice with worksheets debates asked me anything exclusive live streams you can join this channel as a member or join my patreon page and I'll see you in the next class [Music] [Music] you

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Length: 8min 28sec (508 seconds)

Published: Thu Mar 14 2019