Interactive English Grammar Concepts Explained

let's talk about some confusing grammar and I promise you will learn something new and if you enjoy learning new things and improving your skills Please Subscribe turn on notifications that way I can become your teacher my name is Wes the channel is interactive English it's all about trying to help you reach your fluency goals and today I would like to clear up some confusion specifically when it comes to different grammar Concepts and as well as some certain grammatical phrases now if you would like to get the lesson notes right next to me you can click on the link Down Below in the description join our email community and you will then have these notes in order to review if you're already a part of our community don't worry I've emailed them to you you can check your inbox so let's go ahead and jump into it this is a quiz lesson I want you to participate write your answers in the chat in the comments I didn't M wake up this early so th this is going to be multiple choice perhaps make it a little easier and then I'm going to go into why this is the correct answer talk about some of the slight nuances between these different phrases and the the grammatical concept so I didn't M wake up this early are you going to say a used to or be used to they both sound the same used to and used to this is it's a little bit of a trick question because we're we're talking about the verb used to which can be either A or B but in this case the correct answer is a used to I didn't used to wake up uh I didn't used to wake up ear this early okay I didn't used to do it now let's let me give you a little more detail between used to as a verb and used to the adjective now used to as the verb often it's going to be used in the past because of the meaning it is an ed verb in the past so it's going to be spelled us e d used to because it means that you are referring to something that existed or repeatedly happened in the past but does not exist anymore look at these sentences right down here I used to wake up early okay I used to do this thing in the past so often you're going to use this verb in the past in this case because I'm talking about the negative and the conjugation is with did that is my past I did not used to wake up this early and in this case I'm just using the base verb the other thing I want to point out which makes this very confusing grammatically is that used to used can also be used as an adjective and that means that it it refers to something that you're maybe not familiar with or accustomed to like I'm used to running in hot weather or I'm not used to running in hot weather either way whether it's the affirmative or the negative when you're using it as an adjective you're going to spell it us D so something to keep in mind when talking especially when talking about that verb you to here's the next one your voice is soothing can you read this story are you going to say can you read this story to me or can you read this story for me this to me and for me these are phrases that I think are often confused and I completely understand why they're confusing so think about this specific situation your voice is soothing can you read this story what do you think a to me or be for me the key here is I think somebody saying like can you your voice is soothing so that's a compliment they like listening and hearing someone else's voice so in this context I would say wow your voice is soothing can you read this story to me and a would be the correct answer now let's let's get into the weeds and talk a little bit about to me versus for me now this is a quick uh example again if you want these notes check out that link Down Below in the description some of these May overlap one another let me let's go through them one at a time because I I think this is important to me we use this to emphasize how something is perceived like that's news to me you can also use this to express an opinion to me your plan is not going to work in this case you could also think of the uh expression it seems to me your plan is not going to work movement bring it to me and something that impacts you personally that's how I'm labeling it if it can happen to you it can happen to me for me when this is something that is done for your benefit can you do the homework for me and this is why I think if you're asking somebody can you read the book for me I don't know if I would use it in the context like oh it's for your benefit and that's why I tried to give you that hint of somebody thinking well your voice is soothing please read the story to me something you could also use for me to satisfy your needs it's really helpful in order for me to get ahead all right it's going to help me and then affects you personally this is too spicy for me now let me give you some examples as to when they you could use either one and these are some subtle differences some slight nuances so I'm comparing your perceived opinion versus how something affects you and that's the key word so if you say this problem is diff this problem sounds difficult to me I don't know how to solve it again your opinion sounds difficult to me you could also say this problem is too difficult for me I can't solve it again for me is really referring to you as an individual and not really your opinion well it sounds difficult to me how about this one this is important to me you must help you could tell somebody look this is important for me you must help when using for me the emphasis really like on the individual like o i really need this all right it's important for me and then finally down below this is something I hear a lot of people that they take my course and we talk about vocabulary and somebody says well this vocabulary is new to me versus this vocabulary is new for me again both of them are correct it really just depends on what you're you're trying to say in this case I think it's more common to use to me this is new to me to give you an example when it comes to usage of to me and for me let's just take that phrase and we can use engram viewer to compare the frequency it's new to me versus it's new for me as you can see it's more common for somebody to say look it's new to me something is new to me but once again this is an instance when I think people can commonly confuse these two and a lot of times they are interchangeable it's not like there's one wrong answer it really just depends on what trying to say how about this one I started learning English M an early age are you going to complete this sentence with a since or B from I started learning English M an early age since or from once again when I'm working with people and coaching them uh when it comes to their English this is something that I I hear people make a slight mistake so in this case what I would say is you're going to use be from I started learning English from an early age I think I think most of you you guys rock that one throw out some some shout outs to Kyo good job good to see you uh Joan Ava Mr Bianca perfect uh so let's talk about why the difference between since and from so we're going to use from to refer to like the starting point of an event an action or Journey you know something is going to continue versus sins in which case we're talking really about a specific point in time look at these examples if someone were to say the doctor will be here from 10:00 a.m. tomorrow so starting at this point onward from 10:00 a.m. versus the doctor has been here since 10:00 a.m. in that case I'm using the present perfect to refer to this point in the past or down below the exhibition runs from March to May it's running from this month to this month all right that is the action the journey if you will versus the exhibition has been running since March that point in time again I think these words are sometimes confused and when people are having a conversation a discussion and then they just end up using the wrong one the next question I have for you is we decided to go out the rain now I'm giving you three different choices a in spite of B despite or C both are correct what do you think we decided to go out m the rain how would you best complete that sentence with what do you think well I I guess I don't want to give it away technically every answer is correct in this case because well the real answer would be C both are correct you could say we decided to go out in spite of the rain or we decided to go out despite the rain but if you said A or B technically you are also correct you can use that to complete this sentence the difference between these I I pulled this from Cambridge I thought they gave a really uh a really concise explanation and I provided some example sentence Down Below in spite of and despite our prepositional expressions in spite of and despite have a similar meaning to although or even though they expressed a contrast between two things they are both more common in writing than speaking despite is a little more formal than in spite of and we usually use in spite of and despite with a noun so again I could say they arrived to the airport late despite leaving in plenty of time I'm following it with that Jaren they arrived to the airport late in spite of leaving in plenty of time both of those work in this example here is your next question she's m New York City she'll be back tomorrow tomorrow talking about the difference between been to and gone to just looking at those you know that we're you know in this case I'm referring to the present perfect based on the the conjugation those are past participles she's m New York City she'll be back tomorrow what do you think a been to or B Gone to the key here is the the second sentence when I give you that extra information that she'll be back tomorrow because out of context just with that first sentence it really could be either one we don't know but the fact that I'm saying that she'll be back tomorrow means that the correct answer is B Gone to she's gone to New York City she'll be back tomorrow excellent uh Julia TJ leaf uh Mt Perfect all right I love it love all these answers just keep them coming keep practicing so what's the difference between benu and gone to you you're going to use Ben to to describe a completed visit something that it's happened it's over I have already been to the store and now I'm back it's complete we have been to India twice in the last year all right you went there you came back when talking about travel I think it's very common for somebody to use B to because you're having a conversation and you say oh yeah I've I've been to New York City or I've been to Argentina or I've I've been to Italy and at that moment you're not there you've you've already come back it's complete versus gone to you're describing a visit that you have not returned from yet and that is the key part when it comes to gone to in our example sentence I said in this case she'll be back tomorrow she's not there yet she's still in New York therefore you would say gone to or again think of these other examples he's gone to the toilet he'll be back soon he's still there or you just missed her she's already gone to bed so she's gone to bed has not come back yet in those situations you're going to use gone to I think it's very common saying oh yeah somebody's gone to the toilet or they've gone to bed hopefully again that really clears up any confusion especially if you were thinking that the answer was B to how about uh with these prepositions always a little tricky did you watch my new lesson M YouTube are you going to complete this with in on at these are very common prepositions we use them all the time every day when speaking I I think I would it would be challenging to have a conversation and not use in onor at did you watch my lesson my new lesson YouTube technically this is my new lesson but there was one last week if you want to go check that out so we're talking about YouTube and when we're ref referring to YouTube TV in that case you're going to use on did you watch my new lesson on on YouTube great job Ser Angela um gopal perfect let's look at I'm I'm not going to go through all of this which again if you want to have this information you can you can uh download the get these lesson notes and join the community I'm just let's just look at the first one of each one so generally speaking in with enclosed with an enclosed space so you're you're really surrounded on all sides like it's used to talk about uh locations within a larger area if I told you I live in the city in the city the city would be that surrounding area and I'm enclosed in the city I would say I live in the city if we're moving to on we're talking about a surface uh attached to or touching something the these are really with uh you know I realize like preposition of place um refers to a position of any surface the cup is on the table and you use it with all those other ones down at the very bottom on with media that you are watching something on TV or in this case you watch my new video on YouTube So at the very bottom you see on with media and then at generally speaking you're talking about a point a specific location or a position used to refer to a position or location um if I said I work at the library all right that is the location where I work in on at there are again these are general rules that you can follow as to when you should use these different prepositions what do you think there is a bear in our neighborhood all right we're using in because the neighborhood that is the enclosed area there's a bear in our neighborhood M sometimes rummages through our garbage can if you're unfamiliar with the verb to rumage it's a fun verb to use it means to look through something typically like carelessly without much thought and you are rumaging through it what do you think a that b which or C who and wow go cam I am incredibly grateful for that Super Chat awesome you you made my day you help make all of this possible that is that is amazing so we're we're talking about relative clauses that which who there again it can be tricky because technically there is more than one answer however I am going to go ahead and tell you that the answer is that and let let me explain because I know many I can see that many people put which in there you're answering which I I would say there is a bear in our neighborhood that sometimes rummages through our garbage cans now which is okay if you use which I will say that I think it's more common in British English than especially in the US and I'm from the United States the way that you you would often come across with these relative clauses is the general use right here that when referring to people animals or things all right in this case we uh referring to the bear which when referring to animals or things and who referring to people so because we're talking about an animal you're not really going to use who that is often preferred when we're talking about a restrictive Clause this means that the information is needed and often you're going to use that or who I say it's preferred if we go back to our sentence there is a bear in our neighborhood all right that kind of sets it up that rumage that sometimes rummages through our garbage can in order to for me to express the full idea we need need that information because I want to express that the bear does this and maybe is causing problems that rummages through our garbage can if we're talking about nonrestrictive Clauses information that is not needed and typically it's going to come between those commas you'll use which or who these are general rules again if we're talking about a little more formal which I think British English is compared to the US I I would say that uh which is also correct that is preferred especially in the US and I would almost say that even in British English I think a lot of people would still say that in this context but you would you would hear people use witch as well I know that a lot of people especially those that I teach have more of a background in British English which is why a lot of people think of of that or which in this case but again good information to know these are just slight nuances when it comes to those relative clauses what do you think about this question at the store we need to pick up some fruit uh now I'm putting them in the U parenthesis M apples bananas and watermelon am I going to use EG or IE this is more I mean this is more writing because if I'm uh having a conversation I'm not really going to say EG or IE so this is specifically when it comes to writing but again these are commonly confused EG i e so in this sit in this context what do you think at the store we need to pick up some fruit M apples bananas or watermelon which one would you use excellent uh Liam mararac Angela um toly we're talking about EG so EG in this Con context we're really just giving uh examples because it means for example it stands for examply these are again I think really from Latin it means for example so if I were having a conversation that is what I would use I wouldn't say EG I'd say for example apples bananas and watermelon for here's another example I love eating exotic fruits if I were writing eg a Ian passion fruit horn melon guava and jack fruit these are all would be considered exotic fruits I've had most of them not all of them I'm not a big fan of a a durian has a very powerful smell whereas down below IE is an abbreviation for itest which means in other words so the fact that they came up with something like I'm going to mess this word up this is actually a real word hippopotamus the F phobia okay I really botched that I.E the fear of words shows that psychiatrists do have a sense of humor so there is an actual phobia a fear of long words and when people were coming up with this name they just jokingly gave it this ridiculously long name I kind of again showing that they have a sense of humor this is an actual word it's not one that you're going to use in conversation you might just say you have a fear uh of long words to follow up on this joke I I thought I'd show you this little uh comic I'm afraid of spiders that's called Arachnophobia that's true in case you didn't know that what are you afraid of and the person says long words he says oh that's called hippo mustasa I yeah I'm not even going to try to pronounce it and then the other person because they're afraid of long words is like oh make it stop please uh help so again that is more for writing when thinking about those uh abbreviations EG versus i e how about this next question all applicants submit their resumés by the first of the month again this is a slight Nuance are you going to complete this sentence with must or have to I you I don't I don't want to get into it uh obviously I will get into it and talk about the slight differences but think about the situation which one do you think is more appropriate and I'm going to say more appropriate because technically there's not a wrong answer it's just in this context which one would be a better choice all applicants submit their resumés by the first of the month excellent altina Teo uh atus sorry well glad you like that nice that's a good example of that word must so let if you said have to you you could hear people use that again I don't want to say it's it's incorrect it's not I think in this context which would be a little more formal if a a company is saying this they're probably going to use the word must so let's talk about some of the slight differences between must and have to we're going to use must when uh something is required you must report to training camp by the end of the week it's really like an obligation you could use must to express a conclusion or deduction if I told you like wow you must be thirsty after that intense workout or finally a strong recommendation you must go see the movie now have to if you want to express necessity something that you have to do throughout the day it's very Cas common and Casual conversations ation I have to make a dentist appointment that is something I have to do it's just a necessity or a past obligation she had to wait in line for over an hour if I'm talking about a future obligation I'll still use have to in the future I will have to excuse you are you will have to excuse his poor behavior and finally when making another recommendation you have to go see the movie so keep that in mind that just a recommendation oh you have to go see the movie which I think is what most people would say versus like a really strong recommendation you must do this thing you must go see the movie so again these are some slight differences in this context because I'm really talking about something that's more required and that's why I would say that if a company were saying this they'd say all applicants must submit their resumés by the first of the month if you and I are having a conversation in which case it's it's a little more casual and I'm just telling you this information then I might use have to and say yeah you know they said that all applicants have to submit their resumés by the first of the month so just something to keep in mind when it comes to that formality and what you're trying to express we are going where no man has gone before this is a well it's a TV quote that I stole and perhaps some of you may recognize it we are going M where no man has gone before a to go boldly versus or or B to boldly go how would you complete this statement again if you're really into uh you know older TV shows or this specific TV series then you probably have heard this before and you know the answer now H wow A lot of people are really going for a to to go B because all right if if you're going to hear this again I took this from the quote and the correct answer would be B to boldly go we are going to boldly go where no man has gone before this was first came about from uh Star Trek I believe in like 1966 and it's a long running TV series there have been some movies and this is something a statement that that comes up to boldly go where no one has gone before four so a lot of times people over the I think many years people have been taught like look this is this is not accurate we cannot split infinitives but that is exactly what we're talking about split infinitives I I took this first part from Mary and Webster that's why I put their little logo there a split infinitive is an English phrase in which an adverb or other word is placed between to and a verb as in to really start or to finally start if if you really dig into the research technically there's not anything grammatically wrong with split infinitives even though I think in the context of a classroom many instructors would be oh yeah you shouldn't split infinitives so once again the thing that I like to clarify is preferred or what is correct or how many people would use it so preferred I decided she decided to quit her job immediately you see we're putting that adverb at the end I think that's very common however in just casual conversation colloquial it's you still could hear somebody say she decided to immediately quit her job I almost think when you split the infinitive it's adding a little emphasis because you're really highlighting immediately she decided to immediately quit her job it's still correct or the preferred the doctor told me to check my blood pressure regularly but also correct the doctor told me to regularly check my blood pressure I'm splitting those infinitives something to to keep in mind did you catch M fish today how would you complete that question did you catch some some fish today or did you catch any fish today what do you think a some versus B any these words again I think when you're looking at it you you're probably going to be able to think about it pick out the correct answer however I I notice when I'm in the middle of a conversation somebody's talking and then they end up just using the wrong word they'll use any instead of using some or they'll use some when they should use any so in this case excellent tal Eva d uh Mama perfect we're talking about B any did you catch any fish today let's dig in to some of those nuances in general you're going to use some when making affirmative statements I gave you I'm giving you a couple right there I have some extra Pizza we have some questions in general you're going to use any when making negative statements or asking questions such as the one that we just looked at did you catch any fish today or a negative statement I don't want any pizza or somebody asking oh are there any questions and then somebody responding yes we have some questions of course with English there are always exceptions and this is what makes it very confusing so an exception would be like you're offering something instead of using any you're going to use some would you like some tea would you like some coffee I'm asking a question but in this case I'm going to use some and then there are just some common phrases useful phrases like that's some plus a noun you're trying to say that something is impressive that some Pig this is a a famous statement from the the book um uh Charlotte uh what is it yeah Charlotte's Web um and then and then some is another expression that you may hear they paid us $1,000 and then some referring to extra things some exceptions with any when with conjunctions like if or we it's an affirmative statement but you would use any please tell me if if you have any questions so again are there any questions but if you use a statement we have some questions or do you have um or I'm making a statement please tell me if you have any questions and then again this useful phrase I think there was uh another one I didn't really have room but uh by any means necessary we must win by any means necessary that you're going to do everything you possibly can in order to win by any means necessary what do you think which question is grammatically correct I don't well we'll see a who do you believe B whom do you believe which one is grammatically correct and notice I'm emphasizing grammatically when I say that so that is a bit of a hint grammatically correct who do you believe or whom do you believe the fact that I'm probably emphasizing it tells you uh which answer would I'm going for in this case the well somebody put both I guess yeah that that would work grammatically correct that because I'm saying like grammatically correct not just which one is correct you would say B whom whom do you believe why is this well you're going to use who referring to the subject of a sentence for example who who would you like um or who would like something to drink if I can just take who a quick little thing to say if you're trying to figure out which one to use who or whom if I replace it with a subject like he she he would like something to drink she would like something to drink that tells me okay the subject I should use who or my dog who is very friendly again this is a non-restrictive clause uh my dog um who is very friendly plays with children he is very friendly she is very friendly I'm going to use who whom refers to the object of a verb or preposition to whom is the letter addressed it does it does sound very formal a little Shakespearean but once again if I replace it with an object the the letter is addressed to him the letter is addressed to her I'm going to use whom my dog whom children like to pet is very friendly children like to pet him children like to pet her we use whom now overwhelmingly when somebody is just having a conversation people are going to use who I would say it's even becoming more common in writing and it's one of those things that you'd have that argument not that it's like wrong or right but is it acceptable or unacceptable to point this out or to give you an example because when we go to engram viewer this is actually taken from written English not even spoken English and we compare these two who do you believe versus whom do you believe you're more likely going to come across who do you believe and I think especially if you're having a conversation you're going to hear people say who do you believe instead of whom do you believe whom sounds a little more formal even sounds a little more old-fashioned but again I would say it's still something that would be more common in British English than American English even though I feel like in the UK you're going to hear a lot of people say who do you believe so I know I I just went through a lot these are 12 different grammatical phrases or even grammatical Concepts that I want you to keep in mind if you want to get these notes please join our community you can access them and download them if you're already a part of the community check your inbox I've sent them to you and of course now now is the moment of truth I don't want you to go 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let&#39;s talk about some confusing grammar and I promise you will learn something new and if you enjoy learning new things and improving your skills Please Subscribe turn on notifications that way I can become your teacher my name is Wes the channel is interactive English it&#39;s all about trying to help you reach your fluency goals and today I would like to clear up some confusion specifically when it comes to different grammar Concepts and as well as some certain grammatical phrases now if you would like to get the lesson notes right next to me you can click on the link Down Below in the description join our email community and you will then have these notes in order to review if you&#39;re already a part of our community don&#39;t worry I&#39;ve emailed them to you you can check your inbox so let&#39;s go ahead and jump into it this is a quiz lesson I want you to participate write your answers in the chat in the comments I didn&#39;t M wake up this early so th this is going to be multiple choice perhaps make it a little easier and then I&#39;m going to go into why this is the correct answer talk about some of the slight nuances between these different phrases and the the grammatical concept so I didn&#39;t M wake up this early are you going to say a used to or be used to they both sound the same used to and used to this is it&#39;s a little bit of a trick question because we&#39;re we&#39;re talking about the verb used to which can be either A or B but in this case the correct answer is a used to I didn&#39;t used to wake up uh I didn&#39;t used to wake up ear this early okay I didn&#39;t used to do it now let&#39;s let me give you a little more detail between used to as a verb and used to the adjective now used to as the verb often it&#39;s going to be used in the past because of the meaning it is an ed verb in the past so it&#39;s going to be spelled us e d used to because it means that you are referring to something that existed or repeatedly happened in the past but does not exist anymore look at these sentences right down here I used to wake up early okay I used to do this thing in the past so often you&#39;re going to use this verb in the past in this case because I&#39;m talking about the negative and the conjugation is with did that is my past I did not used to wake up this early and in this case I&#39;m just using the base verb the other thing I want to point out which makes this very confusing grammatically is that used to used can also be used as an adjective and that means that it it refers to something that you&#39;re maybe not familiar with or accustomed to like I&#39;m used to running in hot weather or I&#39;m not used to running in hot weather either way whether it&#39;s the affirmative or the negative when you&#39;re using it as an adjective you&#39;re going to spell it us D so something to keep in mind when talking especially when talking about that verb you to here&#39;s the next one your voice is soothing can you read this story are you going to say can you read this story to me or can you read this story for me this to me and for me these are phrases that I think are often confused and I completely understand why they&#39;re confusing so think about this specific situation your voice is soothing can you read this story what do you think a to me or be for me the key here is I think somebody saying like can you your voice is soothing so that&#39;s a compliment they like listening and hearing someone else&#39;s voice so in this context I would say wow your voice is soothing can you read this story to me and a would be the correct answer now let&#39;s let&#39;s get into the weeds and talk a little bit about to me versus for me now this is a quick uh example again if you want these notes check out that link Down Below in the description some of these May overlap one another let me let&#39;s go through them one at a time because I I think this is important to me we use this to emphasize how something is perceived like that&#39;s news to me you can also use this to express an opinion to me your plan is not going to work in this case you could also think of the uh expression it seems to me your plan is not going to work movement bring it to me and something that impacts you personally that&#39;s how I&#39;m labeling it if it can happen to you it can happen to me for me when this is something that is done for your benefit can you do the homework for me and this is why I think if you&#39;re asking somebody can you read the book for me I don&#39;t know if I would use it in the context like oh it&#39;s for your benefit and that&#39;s why I tried to give you that hint of somebody thinking well your voice is soothing please read the story to me something you could also use for me to satisfy your needs it&#39;s really helpful in order for me to get ahead all right it&#39;s going to help me and then affects you personally this is too spicy for me now let me give you some examples as to when they you could use either one and these are some subtle differences some slight nuances so I&#39;m comparing your perceived opinion versus how something affects you and that&#39;s the key word so if you say this problem is diff this problem sounds difficult to me I don&#39;t know how to solve it again your opinion sounds difficult to me you could also say this problem is too difficult for me I can&#39;t solve it again for me is really referring to you as an individual and not really your opinion well it sounds difficult to me how about this one this is important to me you must help you could tell somebody look this is important for me you must help when using for me the emphasis really like on the individual like o i really need this all right it&#39;s important for me and then finally down below this is something I hear a lot of people that they take my course and we talk about vocabulary and somebody says well this vocabulary is new to me versus this vocabulary is new for me again both of them are correct it really just depends on what you&#39;re you&#39;re trying to say in this case I think it&#39;s more common to use to me this is new to me to give you an example when it comes to usage of to me and for me let&#39;s just take that phrase and we can use engram viewer to compare the frequency it&#39;s new to me versus it&#39;s new for me as you can see it&#39;s more common for somebody to say look it&#39;s new to me something is new to me but once again this is an instance when I think people can commonly confuse these two and a lot of times they are interchangeable it&#39;s not like there&#39;s one wrong answer it really just depends on what trying to say how about this one I started learning English M an early age are you going to complete this sentence with a since or B from I started learning English M an early age since or from once again when I&#39;m working with people and coaching them uh when it comes to their English this is something that I I hear people make a slight mistake so in this case what I would say is you&#39;re going to use be from I started learning English from an early age I think I think most of you you guys rock that one throw out some some shout outs to Kyo good job good to see you uh Joan Ava Mr Bianca perfect uh so let&#39;s talk about why the difference between since and from so we&#39;re going to use from to refer to like the starting point of an event an action or Journey you know something is going to continue versus sins in which case we&#39;re talking really about a specific point in time look at these examples if someone were to say the doctor will be here from 10:00 a.m. tomorrow so starting at this point onward from 10:00 a.m. versus the doctor has been here since 10:00 a.m. in that case I&#39;m using the present perfect to refer to this point in the past or down below the exhibition runs from March to May it&#39;s running from this month to this month all right that is the action the journey if you will versus the exhibition has been running since March that point in time again I think these words are sometimes confused and when people are having a conversation a discussion and then they just end up using the wrong one the next question I have for you is we decided to go out the rain now I&#39;m giving you three different choices a in spite of B despite or C both are correct what do you think we decided to go out m the rain how would you best complete that sentence with what do you think well I I guess I don&#39;t want to give it away technically every answer is correct in this case because well the real answer would be C both are correct you could say we decided to go out in spite of the rain or we decided to go out despite the rain but if you said A or B technically you are also correct you can use that to complete this sentence the difference between these I I pulled this from Cambridge I thought they gave a really uh a really concise explanation and I provided some example sentence Down Below in spite of and despite our prepositional expressions in spite of and despite have a similar meaning to although or even though they expressed a contrast between two things they are both more common in writing than speaking despite is a little more formal than in spite of and we usually use in spite of and despite with a noun so again I could say they arrived to the airport late despite leaving in plenty of time I&#39;m following it with that Jaren they arrived to the airport late in spite of leaving in plenty of time both of those work in this example here is your next question she&#39;s m New York City she&#39;ll be back tomorrow tomorrow talking about the difference between been to and gone to just looking at those you know that we&#39;re you know in this case I&#39;m referring to the present perfect based on the the conjugation those are past participles she&#39;s m New York City she&#39;ll be back tomorrow what do you think a been to or B Gone to the key here is the the second sentence when I give you that extra information that she&#39;ll be back tomorrow because out of context just with that first sentence it really could be either one we don&#39;t know but the fact that I&#39;m saying that she&#39;ll be back tomorrow means that the correct answer is B Gone to she&#39;s gone to New York City she&#39;ll be back tomorrow excellent uh Julia TJ leaf uh Mt Perfect all right I love it love all these answers just keep them coming keep practicing so what&#39;s the difference between benu and gone to you you&#39;re going to use Ben to to describe a completed visit something that it&#39;s happened it&#39;s over I have already been to the store and now I&#39;m back it&#39;s complete we have been to India twice in the last year all right you went there you came back when talking about travel I think it&#39;s very common for somebody to use B to because you&#39;re having a conversation and you say oh yeah I&#39;ve I&#39;ve been to New York City or I&#39;ve been to Argentina or I&#39;ve I&#39;ve been to Italy and at that moment you&#39;re not there you&#39;ve you&#39;ve already come back it&#39;s complete versus gone to you&#39;re describing a visit that you have not returned from yet and that is the key part when it comes to gone to in our example sentence I said in this case she&#39;ll be back tomorrow she&#39;s not there yet she&#39;s still in New York therefore you would say gone to or again think of these other examples he&#39;s gone to the toilet he&#39;ll be back soon he&#39;s still there or you just missed her she&#39;s already gone to bed so she&#39;s gone to bed has not come back yet in those situations you&#39;re going to use gone to I think it&#39;s very common saying oh yeah somebody&#39;s gone to the toilet or they&#39;ve gone to bed hopefully again that really clears up any confusion especially if you were thinking that the answer was B to how about uh with these prepositions always a little tricky did you watch my new lesson M YouTube are you going to complete this with in on at these are very common prepositions we use them all the time every day when speaking I I think I would it would be challenging to have a conversation and not use in onor at did you watch my lesson my new lesson YouTube technically this is my new lesson but there was one last week if you want to go check that out so we&#39;re talking about YouTube and when we&#39;re ref referring to YouTube TV in that case you&#39;re going to use on did you watch my new lesson on on YouTube great job Ser Angela um gopal perfect let&#39;s look at I&#39;m I&#39;m not going to go through all of this which again if you want to have this information you can you can uh download the get these lesson notes and join the community I&#39;m just let&#39;s just look at the first one of each one so generally speaking in with enclosed with an enclosed space so you&#39;re you&#39;re really surrounded on all sides like it&#39;s used to talk about uh locations within a larger area if I told you I live in the city in the city the city would be that surrounding area and I&#39;m enclosed in the city I would say I live in the city if we&#39;re moving to on we&#39;re talking about a surface uh attached to or touching something the these are really with uh you know I realize like preposition of place um refers to a position of any surface the cup is on the table and you use it with all those other ones down at the very bottom on with media that you are watching something on TV or in this case you watch my new video on YouTube So at the very bottom you see on with media and then at generally speaking you&#39;re talking about a point a specific location or a position used to refer to a position or location um if I said I work at the library all right that is the location where I work in on at there are again these are general rules that you can follow as to when you should use these different prepositions what do you think there is a bear in our neighborhood all right we&#39;re using in because the neighborhood that is the enclosed area there&#39;s a bear in our neighborhood M sometimes rummages through our garbage can if you&#39;re unfamiliar with the verb to rumage it&#39;s a fun verb to use it means to look through something typically like carelessly without much thought and you are rumaging through it what do you think a that b which or C who and wow go cam I am incredibly grateful for that Super Chat awesome you you made my day you help make all of this possible that is that is amazing so we&#39;re we&#39;re talking about relative clauses that which who there again it can be tricky because technically there is more than one answer however I am going to go ahead and tell you that the answer is that and let let me explain because I know many I can see that many people put which in there you&#39;re answering which I I would say there is a bear in our neighborhood that sometimes rummages through our garbage cans now which is okay if you use which I will say that I think it&#39;s more common in British English than especially in the US and I&#39;m from the United States the way that you you would often come across with these relative clauses is the general use right here that when referring to people animals or things all right in this case we uh referring to the bear which when referring to animals or things and who referring to people so because we&#39;re talking about an animal you&#39;re not really going to use who that is often preferred when we&#39;re talking about a restrictive Clause this means that the information is needed and often you&#39;re going to use that or who I say it&#39;s preferred if we go back to our sentence there is a bear in our neighborhood all right that kind of sets it up that rumage that sometimes rummages through our garbage can in order to for me to express the full idea we need need that information because I want to express that the bear does this and maybe is causing problems that rummages through our garbage can if we&#39;re talking about nonrestrictive Clauses information that is not needed and typically it&#39;s going to come between those commas you&#39;ll use which or who these are general rules again if we&#39;re talking about a little more formal which I think British English is compared to the US I I would say that uh which is also correct that is preferred especially in the US and I would almost say that even in British English I think a lot of people would still say that in this context but you would you would hear people use witch as well I know that a lot of people especially those that I teach have more of a background in British English which is why a lot of people think of of that or which in this case but again good information to know these are just slight nuances when it comes to those relative clauses what do you think about this question at the store we need to pick up some fruit uh now I&#39;m putting them in the U parenthesis M apples bananas and watermelon am I going to use EG or IE this is more I mean this is more writing because if I&#39;m uh having a conversation I&#39;m not really going to say EG or IE so this is specifically when it comes to writing but again these are commonly confused EG i e so in this sit in this context what do you think at the store we need to pick up some fruit M apples bananas or watermelon which one would you use excellent uh Liam mararac Angela um toly we&#39;re talking about EG so EG in this Con context we&#39;re really just giving uh examples because it means for example it stands for examply these are again I think really from Latin it means for example so if I were having a conversation that is what I would use I wouldn&#39;t say EG I&#39;d say for example apples bananas and watermelon for here&#39;s another example I love eating exotic fruits if I were writing eg a Ian passion fruit horn melon guava and jack fruit these are all would be considered exotic fruits I&#39;ve had most of them not all of them I&#39;m not a big fan of a a durian has a very powerful smell whereas down below IE is an abbreviation for itest which means in other words so the fact that they came up with something like I&#39;m going to mess this word up this is actually a real word hippopotamus the F phobia okay I really botched that I.E the fear of words shows that psychiatrists do have a sense of humor so there is an actual phobia a fear of long words and when people were coming up with this name they just jokingly gave it this ridiculously long name I kind of again showing that they have a sense of humor this is an actual word it&#39;s not one that you&#39;re going to use in conversation you might just say you have a fear uh of long words to follow up on this joke I I thought I&#39;d show you this little uh comic I&#39;m afraid of spiders that&#39;s called Arachnophobia that&#39;s true in case you didn&#39;t know that what are you afraid of and the person says long words he says oh that&#39;s called hippo mustasa I yeah I&#39;m not even going to try to pronounce it and then the other person because they&#39;re afraid of long words is like oh make it stop please uh help so again that is more for writing when thinking about those uh abbreviations EG versus i e how about this next question all applicants submit their resumés by the first of the month again this is a slight Nuance are you going to complete this sentence with must or have to I you I don&#39;t I don&#39;t want to get into it uh obviously I will get into it and talk about the slight differences but think about the situation which one do you think is more appropriate and I&#39;m going to say more appropriate because technically there&#39;s not a wrong answer it&#39;s just in this context which one would be a better choice all applicants submit their resumés by the first of the month excellent altina Teo uh atus sorry well glad you like that nice that&#39;s a good example of that word must so let if you said have to you you could hear people use that again I don&#39;t want to say it&#39;s it&#39;s incorrect it&#39;s not I think in this context which would be a little more formal if a a company is saying this they&#39;re probably going to use the word must so let&#39;s talk about some of the slight differences between must and have to we&#39;re going to use must when uh something is required you must report to training camp by the end of the week it&#39;s really like an obligation you could use must to express a conclusion or deduction if I told you like wow you must be thirsty after that intense workout or finally a strong recommendation you must go see the movie now have to if you want to express necessity something that you have to do throughout the day it&#39;s very Cas common and Casual conversations ation I have to make a dentist appointment that is something I have to do it&#39;s just a necessity or a past obligation she had to wait in line for over an hour if I&#39;m talking about a future obligation I&#39;ll still use have to in the future I will have to excuse you are you will have to excuse his poor behavior and finally when making another recommendation you have to go see the movie so keep that in mind that just a recommendation oh you have to go see the movie which I think is what most people would say versus like a really strong recommendation you must do this thing you must go see the movie so again these are some slight differences in this context because I&#39;m really talking about something that&#39;s more required and that&#39;s why I would say that if a company were saying this they&#39;d say all applicants must submit their resumés by the first of the month if you and I are having a conversation in which case it&#39;s it&#39;s a little more casual and I&#39;m just telling you this information then I might use have to and say yeah you know they said that all applicants have to submit their resumés by the first of the month so just something to keep in mind when it comes to that formality and what you&#39;re trying to express we are going where no man has gone before this is a well it&#39;s a TV quote that I stole and perhaps some of you may recognize it we are going M where no man has gone before a to go boldly versus or or B to boldly go how would you complete this statement again if you&#39;re really into uh you know older TV shows or this specific TV series then you probably have heard this before and you know the answer now H wow A lot of people are really going for a to to go B because all right if if you&#39;re going to hear this again I took this from the quote and the correct answer would be B to boldly go we are going to boldly go where no man has gone before this was first came about from uh Star Trek I believe in like 1966 and it&#39;s a long running TV series there have been some movies and this is something a statement that that comes up to boldly go where no one has gone before four so a lot of times people over the I think many years people have been taught like look this is this is not accurate we cannot split infinitives but that is exactly what we&#39;re talking about split infinitives I I took this first part from Mary and Webster that&#39;s why I put their little logo there a split infinitive is an English phrase in which an adverb or other word is placed between to and a verb as in to really start or to finally start if if you really dig into the research technically there&#39;s not anything grammatically wrong with split infinitives even though I think in the context of a classroom many instructors would be oh yeah you shouldn&#39;t split infinitives so once again the thing that I like to clarify is preferred or what is correct or how many people would use it so preferred I decided she decided to quit her job immediately you see we&#39;re putting that adverb at the end I think that&#39;s very common however in just casual conversation colloquial it&#39;s you still could hear somebody say she decided to immediately quit her job I almost think when you split the infinitive it&#39;s adding a little emphasis because you&#39;re really highlighting immediately she decided to immediately quit her job it&#39;s still correct or the preferred the doctor told me to check my blood pressure regularly but also correct the doctor told me to regularly check my blood pressure I&#39;m splitting those infinitives something to to keep in mind did you catch M fish today how would you complete that question did you catch some some fish today or did you catch any fish today what do you think a some versus B any these words again I think when you&#39;re looking at it you you&#39;re probably going to be able to think about it pick out the correct answer however I I notice when I&#39;m in the middle of a conversation somebody&#39;s talking and then they end up just using the wrong word they&#39;ll use any instead of using some or they&#39;ll use some when they should use any so in this case excellent tal Eva d uh Mama perfect we&#39;re talking about B any did you catch any fish today let&#39;s dig in to some of those nuances in general you&#39;re going to use some when making affirmative statements I gave you I&#39;m giving you a couple right there I have some extra Pizza we have some questions in general you&#39;re going to use any when making negative statements or asking questions such as the one that we just looked at did you catch any fish today or a negative statement I don&#39;t want any pizza or somebody asking oh are there any questions and then somebody responding yes we have some questions of course with English there are always exceptions and this is what makes it very confusing so an exception would be like you&#39;re offering something instead of using any you&#39;re going to use some would you like some tea would you like some coffee I&#39;m asking a question but in this case I&#39;m going to use some and then there are just some common phrases useful phrases like that&#39;s some plus a noun you&#39;re trying to say that something is impressive that some Pig this is a a famous statement from the the book um uh Charlotte uh what is it yeah Charlotte&#39;s Web um and then and then some is another expression that you may hear they paid us $1,000 and then some referring to extra things some exceptions with any when with conjunctions like if or we it&#39;s an affirmative statement but you would use any please tell me if if you have any questions so again are there any questions but if you use a statement we have some questions or do you have um or I&#39;m making a statement please tell me if you have any questions and then again this useful phrase I think there was uh another one I didn&#39;t really have room but uh by any means necessary we must win by any means necessary that you&#39;re going to do everything you possibly can in order to win by any means necessary what do you think which question is grammatically correct I don&#39;t well we&#39;ll see a who do you believe B whom do you believe which one is grammatically correct and notice I&#39;m emphasizing grammatically when I say that so that is a bit of a hint grammatically correct who do you believe or whom do you believe the fact that I&#39;m probably emphasizing it tells you uh which answer would I&#39;m going for in this case the well somebody put both I guess yeah that that would work grammatically correct that because I&#39;m saying like grammatically correct not just which one is correct you would say B whom whom do you believe why is this well you&#39;re going to use who referring to the subject of a sentence for example who who would you like um or who would like something to drink if I can just take who a quick little thing to say if you&#39;re trying to figure out which one to use who or whom if I replace it with a subject like he she he would like something to drink she would like something to drink that tells me okay the subject I should use who or my dog who is very friendly again this is a non-restrictive clause uh my dog um who is very friendly plays with children he is very friendly she is very friendly I&#39;m going to use who whom refers to the object of a verb or preposition to whom is the letter addressed it does it does sound very formal a little Shakespearean but once again if I replace it with an object the the letter is addressed to him the letter is addressed to her I&#39;m going to use whom my dog whom children like to pet is very friendly children like to pet him children like to pet her we use whom now overwhelmingly when somebody is just having a conversation people are going to use who I would say it&#39;s even becoming more common in writing and it&#39;s one of those things that you&#39;d have that argument not that it&#39;s like wrong or right but is it acceptable or unacceptable to point this out or to give you an example because when we go to engram viewer this is actually taken from written English not even spoken English and we compare these two who do you believe versus whom do you believe you&#39;re more likely going to come across who do you believe and I think especially if you&#39;re having a conversation you&#39;re going to hear people say who do you believe instead of whom do you believe whom sounds a little more formal even sounds a little more old-fashioned but again I would say it&#39;s still something that would be more common in British English than American English even though I feel like in the UK you&#39;re going to hear a lot of people say who do you believe so I know I I just went through a lot these are 12 different grammatical phrases or even grammatical Concepts that I want you to keep in mind if you want to get these notes please join our community you can access them and download them if you&#39;re already a part of the community check your inbox I&#39;ve sent them to you and of course now now is the moment of truth I 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Interactive English Grammar Concepts Explained