TOP 10 GRAMMAR MISTAKES English Learners Make

what was you laughing at [Applause] welcome to 11 talk TV and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 grand mistakes by learners of English in what mojo style for this list we've consulted Gideon an English teacher with over 15 years experience who has kindly typed out the most common mistakes he comes across in his lessons at the let them talk language school in Paris before we begin we published new contents sometimes so be sure to subscribe and remember to feed your packs with Raburn because they go hungry number 10 everybody all and every people so here's a mistake every people know that tigers are dangerous so firstly every people does not exist there is no situation where you can say every people it's grammatically incorrect so just say everybody or everyone they're both the same by the way and put it with a singular verb everybody knows that tigers are dangerous everyone loves unicorns they all that sounds very natural secondly is this correct all people know that Tigers are dangerous it's grammatically correct but that doesn't sound natural at all we don't speak like that don't say all people use everybody or everyone yes you can use all sometimes where it's followed by a noun where you're talking about a specific group of people or things for example all the students had pencils all the jugglers had bulls so if you're talking about a specific group of individuals say or but if it's not specific just say everybody so I spoke to all that's not correct I spoke to everybody that's correct but I spoke to all the musicians you got it number nine counting uncountable nouns what's wrong with this sentence have you got some informations about the new members now there are a number of nouns that are uncountable in English whereas in other languages they are countable for example information no you can't say informations there's no word in English informations it's uncountable you can't say sub information have you got some information about the new members but if you want to count information you need to use another word a piece of information that's right a piece of information I've got two important pieces of information to tell you about the Ambassador these words are also uncountable news a piece or an item of news the news is good so news is singular remember luggage a piece of luggage two pieces of luggage okay can count suitcases but not luggage research equipment luck I had a stroke of luck today never say a lark a loaf of bread don't ask for a bread that's wrong Furniture lining Jam cream dusk many more so if you want to have more information about how to count uncountable words we've made a video about that link up here somewhere number eight starting a sentence with aw what's wrong with this sentence or you can have a hot dog or you can have a kale salad in many languages including speakers of Latin languages when you are offered a choice between two things you can use an or better or combination okay that's why I so often hear this mistake in English when you are indicating two possibilities you use either or either you can have a hot dog or you can have a kale salad either we can go to Vienna or we can go to Mumbai either you can go out with me or you can go out with Steve but you can't do both so make up your mind okay who Steve number seven the difference between shade and shadow what's all of this sentence the Sun is too strong let's go in the shadow not correct let's go in the shade this is a very common mistake because in some languages you only have one word where in English you have two words shade and shadow if you're talking about a dark shape that light makes when it hits a surface is called a shadow here's a picture of a shadow and here shade means a place which is cool and dark because it's away from direct sunlight yes this sometimes means taking advantage of a shadow something such as a tree to protect you against the Sun but in English it's a different word okay so don't confuse those two shade and shadow Shan of course also has a second meaning referring to a nuance of color I like this shade of green 50 shades of grey I'm sure you've heard of the book or read the book number 6 confusing remember remind and recall what's wrong with this sentence this remembers me when I was a child remember means having a memory of something I remember visiting Stonehenge when I was a kid do you remember when we used to make sand castles on the beach remember is an intransitive verb so it's not followed by a noun or a pronoun however remind is a transitive verb so it is followed by a noun or a pronoun you can use remind when you cause someone to make a note of something can you remind me to feed the cat could I remind everybody to switch off all the lights before you leave remind is also used to talk about something that causes you to remember something else this Madeleine reminds me of the cakes my mother used to make when you took like that you remind me of your uncle this reminds me of when I was a child recall means bring a memory of something to someone's attention I seem to recall you saying that we would not be working on Saturday and here we are I vaguely recall waking up naked on the beach so in this context you can always replace recall with remember recall is a bit more literary so if you're not sure just use remember number five confusing say and tell what's wrong with this sentence he send me that he hadn't met the Queen what about this he said to me he had met the Queen so the first sentence is grammatically incorrect you cannot you cannot follow say with a direct object he said me James said them no no no that's never correct the second sentence he said to me he admit the Queen is grammatically correct however do we say that no not really what about this he told me that he had met the Queen ah much better if you're getting confused about when to you say and when to use tell here are two easy tricks to help you remember firstly tell is transitive you have to tell someone he told me she told the mayor the artist told the banjo player said is intransitive so home with this Marta said told Jacob he was lovely which is correct so in this sentence who is Marta talking to why Jacob of course so we put tell Marta told Jacob he was lovely well at this Marta said told she was very angry so who is Marta talking to we don't know we don't know who she's talking to so we put say so when you say who you are talking to but tell if not put say and one more point will you say but not tell for direct reported speech the Baker said where's the yeast Jeremy said goodbye suckers and stormed out the room number four named and called what's wrong with this sentence I'm in a guy named Jim or I met a guy whose name is Jim okay so this is not technically a grammatical mistake but I thought I would include it on this list in fact most of these sentences are grammatically correct however they sound kind of old-fashioned and literary they don't sound natural in modern English so how do you correct this just use the word called cooled I met a guy called Jim I saw a film called Rocket Man don't say I saw a film which is named Rocket Man no that doesn't sound right so if you want to sound like a native speaker just use called number three using will after when if it's a conjunction what's wrong with this sentence give him the book when he will arrive the correct phrase is give him the book when he arrives in this case when is a conjunction so we don't follow it with will this is the same for other conjunctions of time such as earth and as soon as explained it to me after you come back no will not after you will come back no no no however if when is not a conjunction of time you can use will such as in a question when do you think he will arrive and if when is a relative pronoun just like other relative pronouns what where which that who why you can use will I don't know when he will arrive if you're not sure if when is a conjunction or a relative pronoun change when to after if the sentence still works it's a conjunction if not it's a relative pronoun so in the above example can you say I don't know after he will arrive no that's wrong so when is a relative pronoun so it's okay to use will give me the book when after he arrives giving the book where not after he arrives the sentence works with both when and after so when is a conjunction so know will number two using the wrong future tense what's wrong with this sentence what will you do tonight and what about this I will fly to Singapore tomorrow the mistake using the wrong future tense in this case not using the present continuous for the future now when we are talking about our appointments that we've already made we've ready decided and are in our Diaries we use the present continuous for the future it's also too if you asking questions about someone's plans so for example what are you doing tonight what are you doing tonight sounds more natural dozen air what are you doing tonight answering the comments I'm providing to Singapore tomorrow I've got the ticket it's all planned it's all decided so present continuous for a future so how do you use it pressing continuous with a time reference that's all I'm having lunch with Mohammed on Friday you can use it in the negative to to talk about plans you don't have I'm not doing anything tonight remember this is only for fixed plans if it's not a fixed plan use another future I'm going to change my job don't know when but that's an intention so I use the going to future so for more information about the president continues for future we have a video about it up here somewhere number one confusing during and for what's wrong with this sentence I lived in Japan during two years I lived in Japan for two years yes that's right the difference is quite easy just put during before a noun Turing goes before a noun for example during the day June summer during a lesson during the flight etc etc have you got that so use for to refer to a period of time a length of time in the present in the past or in the future it doesn't matter he was here for five minutes and then left I will be at my country house for the next week during has the meaning of time inside time so for example I went to Ethiopia during the summer the how long is that for a week to week two no we don't we don't know I went to Ethiopia for the summer means all the summer do it again hi no no no I told you five hundred times [Music] silent Frankie Muniz wanna perform a date yeah what are you sniggering Edie

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Published: Tue Jul 23 2019