🚫 DON'T MAKE THESE GRAMMAR MISTAKES THAT EVEN NATIVE SPEAKERS MAKE

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Grammar mistakes are a part of our everyday lives. As an English learner, it's normal to make mistakes when speaking and writing. But you're not alone.
Native speakers are also prone to making grammar mistakes. Let's look at some common mistakes native speakers make in both spoken and written English.
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[@athomireserve9921]

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[@FloatLikeABeeStingLikeAButter]

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[@iamliamsingleton]

"Irregardless of" instantaneously made me think of people saying "I could care less" instead of "I couldn't care less". 😂 Also a very common mistake amongst native speakers, which really cracks me up as "I could care less" means "I do care to a certain degree", thus the exact opposite of the intended statement. Other frequent mistakes, albeit a bit more advanced, include: - mixing up the verbs "to defer" and "to differ" (or the verb/noun "(to) complement" and the verb/noun "(to) compliment"); - using the prepositions "than" and "to" with the adjective "different" ("from" is the only correct option); - using the relative pronouns "that" and "which" interchangeably; - mixing up the prepositional phrases "in case of" ("it might happen") and "in the event of" ("it's actually happening"); - using "like" (used to create a frame of reference: "Last year, she travelled to lots of different places like France, Germany and Spain." = She didn't go to those countries but visited places that are similar.), instead of "such as", used to list specific examples ("Last year, she travelled to a lot of different places such as France, Germany and Spain." = She was in France, Germany and Spain.)

[@InteractiveEng]

That's another common mistake. Thanks for commenting & sharing. :)

[@jdjd4612]

Negative and negative is positive so I keep saying this to my friends. Its mostly used in Amerca. Thanks so so much. Jd❤

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[@FloatLikeABeeStingLikeAButter]

I’m going to try to apply a trip to the states this year after I get really fit again, which is probably in the summer. I’ve been wanting to go there forever. Ever since I was a child. Now that I’m 40 and my language somehow got improved during the years, and this couple of years I had your help on it, I’m becoming super confident in both writing and speaking, I think it’s time. Need to get better on grammar of course but I really want to visit asap and I’ll get better there, even if it’s just a two week trip. Thanks teacher.❤

[@IvanLuizdeFreitas]

Hi there, Wes! It was mind-blowing to realize the expression "10 itens or less" is incorrect, especially seeing even natives make that mistake. Kind regards from Brazil!

[@InteractiveEng]

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Dear Wes love listening your classes, helps me broaden my knowledge as I work as interpreter spanish-english I had an issue on a call I wrote formula but verbally say leche The Dr said i heard formula not milk you should ask for clarification, here in Usa is formula, is baby's life, then asked me to repeat what she said back in English, i did it but she was going fast with her segments, so i couldnt catch everything what she said, the thing is that i love broaden my knowledge with you, and encourages me with my speaking.

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[@csumacsuma4446]

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[@marcelosoto-quiroga1965]

Excellent video. Quite descriptive and useful. As an addendum to the Latin shorts e.g. and i.e., those mean: Exempli gratia: "given as an example" Id est: "this is" of "this means"

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[@denisebranquinho2377]

I heard George Harinson saying: "I don't believe in nothing". I thought it is so strange!!!

[@InteractiveEng]

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[@bas3995]

Good morning dear Wes Another important grammar lesson and it inspires more. Double negative words are generally slip of the tongue and at times are pardoned. The other quotes are very much useful and thanks again.

[@abadalrhmazkoo922]

It is a really very useful lesson! Sure. I have learned new things especially the difference between 'e.g and i.e' one is used for listing and the other for clarifying. Now, I can use them confidently and correctly. As usual, Teacher Wes thanks from my ❤️!

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[@Khr777-explorer]

Can't thank you enough...I had no idea of these sentences..I am quite speechless,can't find the proper thanking word for your grammar videos Hats off

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Tq u so much sir for giving new lesson.

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[@csumacsuma4446]

Regardless gives same meaning as irregardless. Bigly not used Should not use contractions.

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[@InteractiveEng]

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[@skafiend4319]

7:35 I guess it's just easier to say/write "less" because it's shorter, thank you for the lesson :)

[@athomireserve9921]

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[@user-nw3jp6ll7m]

Thx.

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[@csumacsuma4446]

Suma from Bangalore India.

[@EK-tb6ui]

Well, about those '10 or less'. I think people interpret it absolutely OK, as 'less' refers not to the items. It describes the amount in general as a single result of shopping. And 'amount' is uncountable here.

[@Aerosmith77]

I would like to avoid these mistakes but with no avail. These are simple mistakes and understandable and accepted. I haven't found out all of them in time but then I remembered back to the grammar rules you also stated. Thank you for the lesson.

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[@Aerosmith77]

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[@csumacsuma4446]

Tq u sir

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[@csumacsuma4446]

My neighbour and I had a property dispute for several years.

[@TalalAl-Zalami]

Thank you Wes I was at work so I Couldn't have participated but an outstanding lesson big step toward improvment

[@InteractiveEng]

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[@joylukose6638]

'I couldn't participate' is enough! I meant no offence please. I may be wrong!

[@TalalAl-Zalami]

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[@channyein-ee1nf]

Your students from myanmar ❤

[@johndereck304]

Double negative is very very common in the USA. Not as common in the UK. There was time back in history where double negatives were perfectly fine. Not in today's English though.

[@InteractiveEng]

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[@chimak8332]

The music film is called. The King and I

[@InteractiveEng]

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[@sashaschirokov1988]

What about the 7th example? is the agreement between the subject and predicate correct? THERE ARE A LOT OF FUN THINGS ...

[@zsb707]

Yes, it's correct because 'a lot of' = many.

[@MrAndres3984]

Teacher, what is the meaning of the abreviations i.e and e.g?? Thank you!

[@zsb707]

i.e. - id est (Latin): that is. I don't like eating raw fish, i.e. sushi. e.g. - exempli gratia (Latin): for example. I like German premium cars, e.g. BMW and Audi.

[@csumacsuma4446]

Suma from Bangalore india.

[@FM-kc3ix]

I love it from ethiopia

[@InteractiveEng]

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[@PepitoGrilloCanarias]

Great video! I have a question to make about the sentence you provided us with using "less".. you correctly said that fewer is the right one. But . And this is my question. Will it be correct to say.. "This line is for buying less than 10 items" thanks

[@InteractiveEng]

Glad you enjoyed the lesson. The sentence you wrote is grammatically incorrect, but one you may hear people use.

[@AlbertAlereon]

Maybe you covered the subject in a video I haven't watched, but I would say "there is a lot of fun things", because the way I see it, the subject is "a lot (of fun things)". Or I would say "there are lots of fun things", but not "there is a lot". Thoughts?

[@giselafelice1281]

Hello teacher Wess! If there is fewer, is there fewest?

[@InteractiveEng]

Yes, 'the fewest' is the superlative form. 👍

[@giselafelice1281]

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[@zsb707]

Regardless of what people say, watching this vid results in making fewer mistakes.

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[@FecundoArrabales666]

I prefer to say more spicy to spacier. There's two apples "Where's the milk, where's the cookies" There are "a* lot - there's a lot...

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[@FecundoArrabales666]

@@InteractiveEng , like always! Such a good job my man 👌🏻

[@debabrataray99]

Do the native speakers use 'gonna' like words officialy

[@listabambino]

I ain’t no making no mistakes dude!!

[@InteractiveEng]

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[@csumacsuma4446]

Less vs few

[@csumacsuma4446]

Suma from Bangalore india

[@user-nr5gy3mb4m]

Thanks my awesome friend The glasses make you look more handsome

[@InteractiveEng]

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[@jessicapaolasilvaduarte838]

I was watching a film with subtitles on English and I saw that Subjects like He, She and It used don't instead doesn't, Is it possible, is right?😮

[@moacirfenelongallottimorei5071]

Double negative is considered correct in my native tongue (Portuguese), though I personally think it shouldn't be. Like in math, "minus minus" is the same as "plus".

[@InteractiveEng]

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[@mepublic2]

I think Pink tried to say she's not going to stop dancing anymore 💃, in other words, she intends to keep dancing without ever stopping.😝

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[@felixbrandt6419]

7:43 onward: There are no examples of "less" used together with non-count nouns in the lower section of the transparency to the right. It's instead the adverbial usage of this word together with adjectives and the verb "to rain". What concerns non-count nouns "less" has to be used as an adjective like in the sentence "I've decided to drink less water." This is because adjectives are the part of speech that goes together with nouns, specifically, but not adverbs. The latter specify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs instead, like in the erroneous examples Wes uses in this section of the video.

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[@InteractiveEng]

In the classroom, I've enjoyed using Betty Azar's books. However, for self-study I would recommend "Grammar in Use." 👍

[@ireenyqueeney7463]

Thanks for Bigly, thats really funly LOL 😆

[@InteractiveEng]

LOL...Glad you enjoyed the lesson. Thanks so much for your comment. 🤗

[@user-yp7ut8rk3h]

My neighbour and I

[@ernestogallardovera2132]

Other mistakes native speakers make: (1) "I should of asked my father" (Correction: I should have asked my father). (2) "I talk to my sister everyday" (Correction: I talk to my sister every day.)

[@salimakaci-qy3bz]

Thanks for the lesson. I should be more careful

[@InteractiveEng]

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[@tristanquezadadiaz4508]

Different from instead of different than is another common mistake

[@csumacsuma4446]

Irregardless and bigly Regardless and big Gonna

[@msinbalony]

Hi Wes, but why can't we say bigly?... we can say largely, right? why not bigly?

[@InteractiveEng]

Good question. Some adjectives do not have an adverb form (e.g. small, fun, etc.). Also, keep in mind that 'largely' - the adverb - has a different meaning than the physical size of something. 👍

[@msinbalony]

@@InteractiveEng thank you for the answer!

[@csumacsuma4446]

More

[@thilakasirispathiranage9981]

My wife and I need to take care of our children i.e to have a relaxing time at least here.❤❤❤

[@InteractiveEng]

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[@user-yp7ut8rk3h]

Spicier

[@user-yp7ut8rk3h]

Ten or less items

[@csumacsuma4446]

Bigly

[@creolespanish34]

'Irregardless' is an abomination, no matter how common it might become. There is a shorter word, easier to write and pronounce, that does the job, for me that solves the issue. As a learner, no way a go by default to more complicated choices of anything

[@InteractiveEng]

Thanks for commenting & sharing. :)

[@hannofranz7973]

"I didn't do nothing." is vrry much the incorrect form in between two correct ones: "I did nothing" and 'I didn't do anything." This may explain the mistake.

[@InteractiveEng]

Thanks for participating in the lesson. 😊

[@msinbalony]

18.1.2024

[@user-yp7ut8rk3h]

Y Two negatives

[@maureencallaghan9]

Or fewer

[@InteractiveEng]

Well done. Thanks for commenting. :)

[@csumacsuma4446]

2 negatives

[@csumacsuma4446]

Me

[@csumacsuma4446]

Two negatives

[@csumacsuma4446]

Use spicier instead of more spicy and incompletel sentence.

[@user-yp7ut8rk3h]

There is a lot

[@csumacsuma4446]

Less

[@csumacsuma4446]

I is used instead of me

[@usserrnname]

- You saw it all and did nothing!!! - I didn't do nothing.

[@blexx9111]

I didn't anything*

[@KRmedfndllcARCwof81213]

Items and less?

[@KRmedfndllcARCwof81213]

I probably would get it wrong too.

[@KRmedfndllcARCwof81213]

Yep I see it often...

[@KRmedfndllcARCwof81213]

That's an incomplete sentence, sorry.

[@leehartman3103]

Hello, sir. I have a question. Some native speakers write "could of" when they should use "could have." This seems to be one of those common grammar mistakes that native speakers make. But some people claim that this isn't a mistake because it's written that way on purpose by "many people." Is it true?

[@InteractiveEng]

I think that is another comment mistake. I can't really say whether or not it's written on purpose. I suppose that depends on the situation. But in general, I would recommend using 'could have.' 👍

[@leehartman3103]

@@InteractiveEng I appreciate your quick response. Out of curiosity, in your reply, you wrote "comment mistake" instead of 'common mistake.' Is 'comment mistake' another common spelling error that some native speakers make, or was it due to an autocorrection on your phone?

[@brandonlg11141]

​@@InteractiveEnghello, teacher! We can say: What have you got & What do you have. But I've never heard Americans say: What have you got. (Only What do you have?). Do Americans say: What have you got? And I also I hear Americans say: What do you got? (Meaning: what do you have?) Thank you

[@TabeMercy-mm9yx]

I don't

[@csumacsuma4446]

Bigly gonna irregardless

[@csumacsuma4446]

I.e,. Is the problem e.g, vs I.e.,

[@Occ881]

But i think my daughter and I It's grammatical error....my daughter and me it's tge correct form. Isn't it?

[@amalkaram8624]

I don't do anything

[@FecundoArrabales666]

I didn't do nothing * They do it to emphasize My neighbor and I ....

[@margaritasnarskaya3886]

Anything instead of nothing

[@InteractiveEng]

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[@KRmedfndllcARCwof81213]

I didn't do anything...

[@rmbashi758]

I didn't do anything

[@theophonchana5025]

16:31 I ate more what?

[@InteractiveEng]

Thanks for your comment. This is an example of an incomplete comparison. 😊

[@KRmedfndllcARCwof81213]

My neighbor and I...?

[@InteractiveEng]

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[@user-bp9iw5hs1s]

I didn't do nothing - double negation.

[@InteractiveEng]

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