Avoid and Prevent: Learn English with Simple English Videos

[@Josenildoxd]

I had an English teacher called Jay and he is British.I love all yours classes!

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

So glad you like the videos Josenildo and that's interesting about your teacher's name because Jay isn't a very common name in British English. When I first heard Jay's name I thought it sounded like his parents had only given him one letter as a name - like they'd made a start, and then forgotten to finish the word. :-)

[@ChitraJayawardena]

Thanks a lot . God bless you 2 wonderful teachers !

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Chitra chitra, that's so kind of you to say. Thanks for that and thanks for watching our videos and making comments to help your community. Much appreciated.

[@filolinguista5576]

Excellent content! Optimal methodology, but first and foremrmost, your sense of hummor is exquisite!

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Filolingüista, we're very pleased you find our videos worthwhile. Thanks for you kind comment and thanks for watching.

[@ngohieu8745]

I want to avoid watching your next videos. But you prevent me from doing that. I'm a big fan of yours. Thanks for flawless videos.

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

So glad you liked it Ngo! Thank you for writing!

[@shubhamkale6579]

Your video of english is incredible! I 'm loving it 👍

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Thank you shuham! 😃 Thanks great to hear.

[@marflor6733]

Thank you! You are lovely! Your accent is wonderful! Amazing prevent∆avoid class!

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Thank you for your kind words, Mar Flor Grau! 😃

[@josevilvass4882]

This lesson prevented me from making the same mistakes in the future

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

That's really good to hear Jose. Thanks for letting us know and thanks for watching our video. (Watch out for those aliens. :-) )

[@ДомРаздоры]

A great example!

[@juliocesarlimadesousa9109]

Hello, Vicki and Jay! Great video. Thanks and greetings from Brazil.

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Great to hear from you Julio! Glad you like it.

[@eduardoa.rebollartellez6578]

Great explanation of the difference between avoid and to prevent. Thank you

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Delighted you liked it Eduardo. Thank you for writing. :-)

[@altrefrontiere2354]

Hello, at 4:17 Jay says " No, I want to know what you THOUGHT of my presentation". Now, I'm sure it is correct, but what if he had said "No, I want to know what you THINK of my presentation"?. are both correct? Any difference (regional, in nuance, etc)? And maybe even "no, I wanted to know what you think/thought of my presentation". Are all these interchangeable? Thanks.

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Hi Altre. Of course context matters, but on first reading, I'd interpret them as a straightforward tense difference. So the first one probably refers a a presentation that was just or was previously given, and the second one refers to a presentation that's regularly given or will be given in the future. Maybe other viewers will have other ideas.

[@altrefrontiere2354]

Hi. Many thanks. That clarifies a lot. I understand the logic behind your explanation. It has always puzzled me that use of "thought" after a simple present (I WANT to know what you THOUGHT). Thanks again!

[@habibali2925]

many thanks to you 😊.. I hope I will not miss the live class and I join it 😉 have a great day

[@granprixme]

I like you both. Outstanding lesson. Thank you very much for your efforts!

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

So glad it was useful grandprixme. Thanks for writing and telling us.

[@raed2178]

Great video. Thank you both. You are both fabulous 👍

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Thanks for writing Ra'ed. Glad you like it.

[@kausarperveen9453]

Thanks. Good job

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Glad you liked it Kausar. Thanks for watching.

[@crfvelloso]

You are great teachers! Thanks for this amazing classes!!!

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

What a nice compliment. Thank you Carmem. And thanks for watching.

[@LaMansionDelIngles]

'Catch it in the winter'? Groan!!

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

The old ones are always the best, Craig.

[@moniquelima9435]

hello Teacher, I would like to say that you are marvellous. i am enjoying your classes a lot.

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Thank you so much, Monique

[@moniquelima9435]

You are really welcome

[@fabianologfatec]

Hi guys, your channel is amazing, I've been learning a lot from you.I just have one note to leave: sometimes the audio just disappears in some parts of the vid, I think you should prevent audio problems from happening to avoid us of being upset :).(I used your teachings to feed back info about your video, I think I'm starting to learn.)Thanks guys.

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Hi Fabian - sorry to hear you're having trouble with the audio. We're not having a problem and aren't sure what it could be. Was there a particular place in this video where the audio disappears? If you have a moment, could you give me the time on the clock when it happens?

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Oh and I love the way you've been able to incorporate 'avoid' into your response. Thanks so much for writing and we're so glad you like the videos.

[@fabianologfatec]

Yep, sure. At these points Vicky's voice gets so down that is difficult to understand, and it forces me to raise the volume, but when Jay speaks it gets too high, it's given me a hard time adjusting the volume. 1:59, 2:24, 4:11, 5:49; and at 6:11 it gets even worse.I've experienced the same problem in some other videos.

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Thanks for this Fabiano. We generally record Jay on one track and me on another and I am wondering if you are just hearing one track. Jay is our sound guy and I'll get him to look into it. These time references will be a big help.

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Fabiano, the right track is there but for some reason, you're missing it. Jay reckons the most likely cause is your headphone jack isn't fully plugged in or there's damage to a wire. We record our voices on two separate tracks (or more if there are three or four of us) and we don't want to stop that because it gives more depth and realism. If one of us is positioned on the left, you hear their voice louder in the left hand track and only quietly on the right hand track. In sections of our videos or in other videos where there's only one person on screen speaking this wouldn't be a problem. But it could be a problem with other videos where there are multiple voices as well if they are using different tracks to produce stereo effects. Does our suggestion (check jack and wire) make sense?

[@mohammadjhon5989]

Thanks

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Welcome

[@jfmcnav]

I really liked, very fun :D thanks

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Thanks for letting us know you liked it Martins. And thank you for watching.

[@marflor6733]

Para los hispano hablantes. Prevent=prevenir - avoid=evitar

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Thanks for sharing that Mar Flor Grau. And thanks for watching our video.

[@idp3407]

People who avoid failure also avoid success.

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

That's a great saying. Thanks for sharing IDP :-)

[@Josenildoxd]

Good morning for your both, my goals for 2018 is to get my IELTS certificate.

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Which part of IELTS do you think will be most challenging for you Jesenildo? Listening, rReading, writing or speaking?

[@Josenildoxd]

I think that the speaking will be more challenge to me because I am brazilian and there is not much people here who can speak English with me.

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

A lot of students face that problem. We plan to make some videos on the IELTS speaking exam this year.

[@Josenildoxd]

Glad to hear that. That will be great!

[@mollietai8946]

Avoid +N - traffic jam Avoid + Ving - seeing me Prevent + N - a cold Prevent me from Ving / catching cold

[@ChitraJayawardena]

Thanks

[@todoido13]

hilarious bad acting and scripts! I loved the channel!

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

:-)

[@tuva1004]

I wanted to avoid much of sunlight to prevent me from skin cancer. (I actually love being exposed by sunlight tho) thanks! Much of is correct btw? x

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Oh this is a great context for the word 'avoid', Eunhye. Good job. I would say something like: I avoided too much sunlight because I didn't want to get skin cancer.

[@imrankalandar4502]

🌹🌹🌹 Wish you happy New year

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Right back at you, Imran. Have a happy, healthy and prosperous new year!

[@benalexender3046]

thanks

[@melindavermes5139]

Avoid hangovers, stay drunk! 😁

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Ha! Well, that's one solution. :-)

[@ChitraJayawardena]

avoid doing something .=මම ඒක කිරීෙමන් වළකිමි Prevent someone from doing something = මම වෙන කෙනෙකු ඒක කිරීම වළක්වන්නෙමිමි

[@ChitraJayawardena]

prevent him from doing it = ඔහු ඒක කිරීම මම වළක්වනවා stop him from doing it = ඔහූ ඒක කිරීම මම නවත්වනවා Keep him from doing it .=ඔහු ඒක කිරීම මම වලක්වලා තබනවා

[@ChitraJayawardena]

avoid junk food .= කඩචොරැ වලින් වළකිමි prevents unnecessary cost = අනවශය වියදම වළකයි

[@ChitraJayawardena]

avoid + noun , avoid + gerund ......prevent + noun , prevent someone from + gerund

[@ChitraJayawardena]

For the benefit of my native community that follows this channel

[@hasanemami9513]

when my son came home from school, he aviod me. I think he has gottten a bad grad today. My son locked his bick with using a security lock.

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Well done Hasan. Keep up the good work.

[@aa23aaa66]

jajajaja. Top.

[@SimpleEnglishVideos]

Thanks Aa23 aaa

[@khulood2684]

thanks