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0:00 Introduction
01:15 FREE PDF and QUIZ
01:59 Pronunciation
02:35 The
04:22 Controversy
04:43 Either and Neither
05:12 Envelope
05:16 Garage
05:25 Privacy
05:35 Finance
05:43 Data
05:47 Zebra
06:00 Harassment
06:07 Often
06:38 Grammar
06:55 I’m good
08:30 Less vs Fewer
10:21 Whom or Who
11:44 Prepositions in their Proper Places
12:34 They and their are no longer only plural!
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14:15 Courses
14:34 OUTRO
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[@EnglishwithLucy]

I tried to keep my cool in this one 😅 📝GET THE FREE LESSON PDF here 👉🏼 bit.ly/mistakesPDF

[@Brilliant988]

Please never stop uploading videos.😢I can't imagine how my language journey will look like in future without you.Goatcy❤.By the way,can u correct my sentences?

[@skyy223]

Wow. a beautiful lady.

[@nataliyaboncheva6132]

​@@skyy223😅9.00 7:36 😊

[@lanceilyn]

12:34 The usage of they and their is also used in our language. Example in the way of our usage: "Maybe, someone left (their) umbrella" however the pronoun their is referred to a singular or plural. ✨

[@voozoo1606]

PLEASE use the word THAT after SO!! 1:30 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@edmundtheironside4282]

When it comes to hassle, nothing can beat ''conscious, consciousness, conscience, conscientious''...

[@DebiG1057]

I an a fluent English speaker but I enjoy your videos because I want to learn the Queen's English. I am a New England native.

[@eduardossesariza7970]

Am*

[@Grizzlywer]

​@@eduardossesariza7970am*

[@Inke7]

It's a typo losers! 😂

[@miljann98]

​@@Inke7It's a typo, losers! 😂*

[@rya789]

Relax sharks it was just a mistyped one

[@Amuztak]

"Whom" and "who" reminded me of that scene of Friends where Monica says about Ross: "I know! Is it because he's always correcting people's grammar? 'Whom, whom!' Sometimes it's 'who'!"

[@lopatine]

Lucy has stolen my heart with her approach to teaching and language using❤

[@user-zx1ct5eg2w]

I am from Russia. Here in schools teachers always teach us to pronounce often without t, finaaaaance, zebra with american variant and "the" always in short form, so I knew about "theeeeee" pronunciation variant only from youtube videos. The only thing that I am sure in is the fact that english lessons in russian schools have come from USSR and the way they teach us didn't changed for 20 or even 30 years.

[@philipwagner9169]

I heard once that the who/whom punctiliousness, the antipathy towards ending sentences with prepositions, and similar debates, was caused by 19th century academics, trying to understand English in terms of the grammatical structures of the classical Latin which they'd all been trained in. Snobbery and emulation did the rest.

[@user-de5gi3mo5h]

Love your energy and explanation

[@me-zs7tr]

this needed to be said

[@slowlearner4341]

I believe that cases, such precisely explained, can be barely found in any study books. Thank you Lucy.

[@CeciliaPMiniatures]

Mistakes depend on how we decide to approach a language: descriptive approach od prescriptive approach. I live by this rule, given by my linguistic professor during my first year at university 10 years ago now

[@Anto_81]

Funny how it took me so long to LEARN how to put the preposition at the end of a sentence, to then be told it could be a mistake 😂

[@brigittak]

Thanks a lot for your videos! Not only educational but also entertaining the way you do them! Kind regards from Austria!

[@farhanawis4967]

Gosh, thanks so much Lucy for this lesson! It's absolutely appreciated 👍

[@scarseven5473]

I'm so thankful for discovering your channel, just the amount of information i learnt from this video, it's really awe-inspiring

[@matthiasfranz4470]

Thanks a lot. I often wondered about the correct pronunciation of either and neither. And "they" referring to singular persons of unknown gender is quite helpful. In my studies in school back in the 80ies, it used to be "his or her".

[@ahonamedha]

I truly enjoyed today's video! Well done Lucy. You make English easier for me. It's really fun to learn English in this way.☺️ Thanks a ton. Learning new things everyday.❤

[@tasneemmjurkesh8558]

You're pretty awesome Lucy ! Thank you for such beneficial videos ❤️

[@safranbellucci]

Thank you for the informative lesson. It's interesting to see how languages evolve over time.

[@lstavenhagen]

Yes, the who/whom thing gets my goat too. This is a remnant of the Old English case system, where an -m ending indicated the dative form of "who" (nom. "hwa", dat. "hwaem" or something like that, IIRC). But apart from our pronominal system, the old case system is virtually gone in ME dialects. Even native speakers like myself can't keep it straight and use it "incorrectly". And as you note, when it becomes what people actually say, it's no longer "incorrect".... In fact, I can't remember the last time I used "whom" in actual speech at all....

[@ahmchotto]

Glad you pointed out that very often people include omitted/implied words and phrases in their grammatical considerations/"grammatical picture". E.g., 10 items or less [than that [amount/number]]. But they say "10 or fewer items" without hesitation.

[@amadeeuuss]

Thank you Lucy. So useful and confident-making!

[@m1nt9reen]

*confidence inspiring (with or without a hyphen)

[@YTrifman]

THANK YOU SO MUCH LUCY. This lesson never been teaching in my class

[@kactuskent]

ABSOLUTELY Brilliant ! I'll save this link to forward to my 'critics' when they 'CORRECT' my flexibly perfect English ( in my mind, at any rate ) ... you hit SO many of my points exactly ...

[@ritaszabo20]

I really love your lessons! ❤

[@SarahJuanite-ud4dc]

Thank you. Very helpful❤

[@leilarashki7791]

That was a great leason. I like all episodes that I watched from your channel. Watching your lessons is a part of daily routine these days.

[@Willpower757]

🎉Thanks for fantastic lesson which wasn't taught in our schools. English seems to be very easy with you 🧡🧡🧡.

[@Willpowersfan]

Hi !!!!

[@Willpower757]

​@@Willpowersfan Hello !!!

[@2fun0]

sometimes i listen to bbc for listening skill and i cannot follow them for a long period. But, when i listen to you for listening skill, your voice feels like breeze in my face and i enjoy that. Thank you.

[@PurnaRodman]

Thanks for keeeping your grammar up to date!

[@islandresort8302]

Thanks for the excellent lesson!

[@ingvarjensen1088]

You're such a sight for sore eyes, Lucy - and your never fading smile is the icing on the cake ❤ I only watch you once in a while but I should do it more often. Thank you for doing what you're doing.

[@sandeepreddy9870]

We Love You Lucy for your Teachings and Content. ❤❤❤❤ Thanks once again

[@brightfuture8638]

Hello dear Lucy, one of the best teachers ever, it was a fabulous lesson I finally learned difference in usage between fewer and less, I would always use them interchangeably. however, after this amazing lesson I learnt this and many more that all this time I was thinking that I was wrong. And again thank you very much for making this amazing free videos for helping me and millions of other students who doesn't have the money to attend at English classes with their English learning journey. Good luck dear Lucy.

[@davesmith6436]

*Another fantastic English lesson from the magnificent Teacher! 🥰🥰🥰* *Thanks a million, my cute Lucy! Fortunately, I don't already have these kind of mistakes just because you've taught* *me how to utilize English correctly! I'm eternally grateful to you!🙏🙏🙏*

[@sonjak8265]

it is better to say: use English

[@UkOutreach]

Utilize - yuk.

[@rachellarkins4652]

I am beyond satisfied that you settled the who vs. whom dissention. I have ALWAYS struggled to comprehend the rules of proper who and whom usage. I would hear others use the term whom and immediately feel left out and segregated from the secret society that harvested the capabilities of knowing when and how to use the word. I'm still scuffling with the comprehension aspect, but at least I've got this video to catch me 😂 when I fall.

[@justaddmagic.fanclub]

absolutely in love with the way you framed the sentence mate 😂

[@user-no2mz9hl4f]

I may be the only one, but I’m trying yo bring “whom” back into normal use - at least in writing - because I feel it sounds more elegant. I can thank my grandfather for tuning my ear to be able to instinctively tell when to use who and whom. But I get that for those who didn’t learn much grammar in school, or who speak English as a second language, it’s a big ask to be able to correctly use who and whom in conversation.

[@peterw29]

@@user-no2mz9hl4f The answer is don't use 'whom' in conversation, but by all means use it in writing if you want to. Writing tends to use more formal English than conversation, plus, if you're uncertain about usage, you have more time to think about it.

[@user-no2mz9hl4f]

@@peterw29 I know how to use ‘whom’ in spoken English; my grandfather was big on grammar, and taught me well. I will continue to use the word when applicable.

[@FlowersInHisHair]

I love using "whom" when it should be "who", to comically point out that "whom" is stuffy and (more importantly) obsolescent

[@lysan1445]

Thank you so much for this lesson! Such a relief! I have to admit I used to be a stickler for "whom", but I realised long ago that it has become outdated. Somehow I am fond of "whom" and still silently correct it in my mind if someone says "who" instead. But I would never correct anyone on this as there is nothing to correct anymore. But I miss it.

[@jezz2k]

I will continue to use it, even if nobody else does.

[@abdulahmoula7196]

Lucy, thanks for sharing a comedy-like lesson, which is not only enriching our knowledge but also entertaining us a lot. The unique style, the irresistible beauty, and the fine sense of humor, combined with a charming smile, that’s amazing!🌹❤️

[@ChixandPolitix]

Ugh.

[@brylant8ct]

Spot on

[@mohdarbaz9548]

Habibi absolutely

[@trishizet59]

Thanks a lot, Lucy, for this outstanding lesson, very clarifying.

[@hansdegroot8549]

Wow,, this is SO PERFECT!!! Thanks for making this video.

[@Farooqueakhan]

Love both, your style as well as the content .. they is beautiful ...❤❤

[@gillesbdm1670]

Thanks and love from France.

[@blancaocana6397]

I just love the way you teach and I love your pronunciation! ❤❤❤

[@Diego40877]

What a wonderful lesson!!! ❤❤❤

[@Hany_elia]

Thank you, my teacher, for this beautiful explanation.

[@levisguy53]

data can also also pronounced with a short a sound. i often flip flop between the long and the short a pronunciation. this is my first video, so i didn't see the one on prepositions, but in order for it to be used as such it, much consist of a prepositional phrase, otherwise its part of speech is an adverb.

[@Marianna-fv3wd]

I'm late, but thank you so much for that lesson! It was so helpful, I've always struggled with quite a few of those...

[@prepper_nation_h]

Great episode, Lucy! Here's a suggestion for covering a tricky English quandary that I ran into just the other day. It would be helpful to both non-English speakers and native speakers needing a refresher as to which type of verb to use after a singular noun which represents a group of individuals. Nouns such as "team," "staff," "congregation," or "family," to name a few. For example which circumstances would you use "the team was..." versus "the team were..." I found that the MLA style guide had a good explanation of when to use a singular or plural verb, but I think you'd do a great job making this the subject of a video if you haven't already. Cheers!

[@kylefrank638]

You would always use "was" after "team", "family" or any collective noun/subject. The team is a whole, and if you *were* to say "the family were vacationing...", that paradoxically refers to the members of the family, separately, even though your subject is singular. Alternately, after mentioning a family in a previous sentence, could say "THEY were vacationing" as a kind of compromise, because now "they" is understood as the family.

[@isolamar]

​@@kylefrank638 Not always. The police can have both singular and plural forms of verbs after. But in reality, people use whatever they like, even after staff.

[@TubeLVT]

@@kylefrank638 That’s a good example of proper American usage. However, one family was vacationing while another family were on holiday.

[@cosmodoc]

@@isolamarthat doesn’t make any sense to me!

[@RingsLoreMaster]

​@@cosmodocfirst, which one makes no sense the singular "was" or the plural "were". Second, on Fox's coverage of the World Cup, even the American natives speaking announcers use "were" when discussing teams or describing action.

[@josealfonsosilvalatorre1826]

Me encanto la lección, muchas gracias 😊

[@umaeratifkhan269]

Thank you Lucy this really helped me alot to improve my pronunciation and vocabulary

[@1rem1Art]

Thank you very much for this, I'm now a bit more relaxed:)

[@sarahpieraerts5781]

Thank you!!!

[@jeffeloso]

Brilliant!

[@ildefonsogustavodiazsandov9246]

Fantastic lesson! All the very best

[@thenupriyasampath7279]

Thank you ,teacher

[@davidaraquemojica7505]

You can say either either or either.

[@wordscaninspire114]

Thank you - so glad to have found your channel

[@kiranix]

As a non-native English speaker, I've always wondered if there was a way to avoid writing "he/she" in all my compositions. The day has arrived. Thank you very much Lucy

[@stephenlee5929]

Hi, native speaker here, just for understanding, before we used 'he/she', we used to use 'he' as non gender specific, not good now, but you may come across this. As late as the 1950's this was used in legal and official documents, such that unless otherwise stated he implies he or she. Letters were often addressed as Dear Sir, rather than Dear Sir or Madam, this usage became less acceptable around 1980's.

[@Starkiller935]

​@@stephenlee5929 I am also a non native speaker, but isn't "he" still used like this in legal documents, such as contracts? Usually with an explanation in the "Definitions" of the contract stating that it also includes the feminine form. I know I've seen this in modern contracts but maybe the style is very outdated?

[@stephenlee5929]

@@Starkiller935 Hi, The style is very outdated, I don't think it is in general use these days, but sometimes contracts retain old wording (often in insurance) because the meaning of the given wording has been tested in court, so we know how the legal system will view it. That is partly why I made the original comment. I would stress, the format is not one you should use lightly, it is very hard to justify, but understanding that it was used is (can be) useful.

[@whatsinaname5828]

Awesome! Thanks again, Lucy.

[@linahadidja8333]

Thank you so much!!!

[@Leddrums]

When a lesson is perfect then here you go Lucy 🤙🏻💯

[@GsmXteamFiXiT]

❤honey Lucy ,thank you ,the episode of this lesson vividly cleared my little confusion and misunderstanding about the subject .

[@lindafox1948]

In "I've never been there before", "before" is NOT a preposition, it's an adverb. You can always work out the part of speech by substituting another of the same; so preposition: I've never been there into" - nope. Adverb: I've never been there yesterday, or happily, or "with honour" which is an adverbial phrase. Yep, definitely an adverb.

[@drziggyabdelmalak1439]

Very interesting. Cool, Lucy. Thanks.

[@maxofb7745]

I'm surprised that many of these things were taught to me in school already. And I'm German and English is my second language. Still I'm really conscious of the way I'm speaking when I'm with my nativ speaking friends.

[@stayinyourtruth]

Hi Lucy, thank you so much for another brilliant video of yours 🤗❤ I have a question that has been bugging me for quite some time. Would it be possible to pronounce the word "subsequently" in more than one way?

[@dobberdop]

"Linguistic snobbery " I love how you pronounce it.. even when I didn't knew the meaning, I would knew it now, by your pronouncing

[@scientious]

I recall a program on TV where the interviewer said 'expresso' and the chef corrected him saying that it was "espresso, not expresso." Actually, either form is acceptable in the US. We only used to see 'catsup' but now I also see it spelled as 'ketchup' because that's how it is usually pronounced here. 'caramel' is sometimes pronounced kare - uh - mel but is also often pronounced kar- mul. Either is acceptable in the US. 8:30 "Ten items or less." This seems to come from mathematics where it is quite common to say things like: 5 is less than 10 or in the symbolic form: 5 < 10 So, it would be difficult to claim that it is correct in a mathematical context but incorrect in a literary context when it would still be necessary to count items.

[@yvonnemartin362]

Thanks Lucy for this useful video.

[@Creative_Content835]

Great Lucy!My favourite english teacher .... the lesson is fantastic❤

[@shonen84]

I live in Belgium and I've learnt my English from computer games, The Simpsons and Police Academy. When I had my first English lesson in middle school, I had the good fortune to have a teacher who probably picked up on my American pronunciation and colloquial "liberties" in grammar but didn't outright correct me or identified them as mistakes. She just complimented me by referring to me as "the American" in class. I've proceeded with developing my English as such and am now always complimented wherever I go - by non English speakers and native speakers alike. Thanks for your videos, they're really great!

[@steffanhoffmann]

Great story. American English (which is what we must call it, why? 😂) is a good start but it won't develop a vocabulary. Additionally it leads into present day bad habits. For example...I was like, he was like, she was like, they were like. (What were they like?😊) Kinda sorta right? Right. Right? Right. Just a lot of nonsense, which has crept into youth culture world-wide. However, up to about the 1980s decade it was closely aligned. Since then its 👉 🇬🇧 poetic 🎶 has slowly been destroyed.

[@shonen84]

@@steffanhoffmann I had the good fortune to play point and click adventure games, like Monkey Island. These were rich sources of vocabulary, popular culture and American humor. Plus being interactive, my childhood brain developed problem solving skills and a fluency in English that was never rivaled by any of my peers. I agree I wouldn't have that edge today, with games all being on phones with dodgy translations from Chinese or Korean 😅

[@steffanhoffmann]

@@shonen84 Understood and thanks 👍 ☺

[@dr.chrisketo7193]

Super! Danke!

[@rdcaceres]

Lovely lessons. Thanks a lot.

[@dra.veronica5048]

Great video!

[@jonathanbrett-warren2031]

Lucy, as a native English speaker, this was brilliant! Thank you x

[@javadtabkhi4757]

I learnt from you in this video. Venerable master of the language.

[@reginabethp.moreno9402]

Hello, I'm from the Philippines, English is a second or third language for most of us, depending on where you grew up. Anyway, found this particular video quite interesting. Realized that I pronounce some words the British way and some the American way. That should give you a clue on my education. Thank you!

[@RingsLoreMaster]

Your education or your travels?

[@reginabethp.moreno9402]

@@RingsLoreMaster my education

[@michelnanta985]

Thank you for Reassuring me about how to speak English correctly but reasonably.

[@gabriellagirardi4741]

Great lesson! Always so helpful.

[@KSA14023]

Thank you beautiful teacher❤

[@BartolomeoPestalozzi444]

Brava come sempre! 🤗

[@brucemacdonald1509]

I would love to hear your opinion on "lay" vs "lie" It took me two years to get it sorted out, but very few people make the distinction any longer.

[@kloffus3]

Notice the object that the verb lay needs. "I lay the table" ( i.e. cause knves, forks , plates etc, to lay on the table ) A hen lays eggs i.e. causes eggs to lie on the ground in the nest. . We laid the carpet yesterday. i'e' cause the carpet to lie on the floor. If you use "lay" for yourself you need the object too " Now I lay me down to rest! " { for "me" in modern English we'd say "myself"} " He lays him down to sleep". ( notice the object pronoun 'him' ) is an old fashiioned style. We would now say "He lies down to sleep" and NOT "He lays down " unless you want to ignore all that I have been saying and insist "the modern language is changing so get used to it."

[@landsgevaer]

Not native speaker here, but isn't this just transitive vs. non-transitive? Something lays something, but something lies, period. To lay is to put something else in a typically flat position on top top off something, whereas to lie means to be in such a position oneself. To lay means something like "to make something lie".

[@williamb4652]

@@landsgevaerspot on

[@julioayala8963]

My favourite teacher ❤

[@katbass4440]

I am a rule stickler, but I like what you say about pronunciation and grammar. We should try to adapt to the speakers that surround us, so that we can understand each other.

[@jota55581]

I agree !

[@sumitnilparuk7206]

I love your teaching style teacher Lucy

[@igooa1076]

really liked this video 😊

[@stephen6851]

I would like you to talk about “I” vs “me”, especially if there is another person present in the sentence. Example: the same people who say “this was a great experience for me” will say “this was a great experience for my wife and I”

[@aviaenglish]

Thanks a lot for the video! May i ask you to explain the word 'alternate' and 'alternative' pronunciation, please ❤

[@valeries.5445]

Wonderful Lucy, so many thanks!

[@signalenergie]

This is such a lovely video. Thank you so much.

[@blotski]

With the 'fewer v. less' thing I don't think of countables and non-countables. It just comes down singular versus plural. Use 'fewer' if the noun is in the plural. If it's a singular noun you use 'less'. I find this works.

[@TheOnlyGazzLam]

that's a great rule. It falls over on words like sheep and fish, but I like it. I love simple, dirty tricks like this

[@joshuapitong899]

Thanks Ms. Lucy.❤

[@fahadmooha1040]

I support you as a teacher

[@fushiguro8913]

Wow you're so close to 10m subs! go Lucy go!

[@nadiamaturano8741]

I feel i learn so much with one of your videos , than i would by taking a couple of lessons with any other teacher🎉

[@Binhnguyen-po8dd]

Cảm ơn Chị nhiều lắm luôn thank you so much my dear friend

[@nergizaghakishiyeva]

İt was really informative,thanks a lot Lucy

[@emile_fa]

They as a 'I don't know who(m) I'm talking about" pronoun has been use for centuries. Imagine your talking about a teacher - oh my teacher was not here today You wouldn't say - oh what happened to him or her? when speaking You would be saying - oh what happened to them? Otherwise you would need to pause the conversation to ask for their gender. Admittedly, some languages do have to ask for the gender before continuing the conversation, but they generally do have determiners. And it's much less awkward to just say they. Funnily enough, detractors of singular they do use it in this context, without realising it (I've heard them do it)

[@kyrie0033]

I love "whom"... 😔

[@joaquinlombardo5806]

I love you Lucy! It was eyeopening the comment on they and their... I only have one query: in the sentence "I haven't been there before", why is "before" considered a preposition? Wouldn't it be an adverb? Greetings from Argentina! I love your content!