The WORST English mistakes native speakers make

[@pattz19]

I'm from Brazil I've been learning a lot with your lessons

[@melissaaguiar6554]

hevelly hevelly Brasil!!🙋🙋🙋🙋

[@Marcossilva_1997]

hevelly hevelly same here

[@matheusmorais869]

Yo, Brazil Squad broo

[@amnaj8210]

This is a little advice to beginners: When I started learning English, I used to use an app on my phone that types down what you say. Just like Speech to Text. and if I said a word and the app typed another word, I immediately correct my pronunciation.

[@xvzw]

Oh I never thought of this before. Thank you very much :)

[@danielelazzazzara2712]

What's the name ?

[@LucasAlmeida-pw2dv]

yeah

[@whiteheart2651]

anaeli

[@skbyar]

what app?

[@kabayanhustler]

Anyway, this video is of great help for me and that of non-native speakers. I could've watch any other videos on youtube today but I was literally overjoyed to have stumbled upon this and give me insight as to common mistakes we are all guilty of doing. Regardless of the troubles I have to deal in life, I'm constantly inspired and learn new lessons every time Sir James uploads new videos to enhance our knowledge in the English language.

[@日本語できないよ]

Damn…

[@exarom1670]

I think it's actually the other way around with "could of". Non-native speakers learn the language by writing, reading and speaking, while native speakers only learn the language by speaking. So the non-native speakers actually learn that it is "could have" and "could of" makes no sense. The native speakers however never really know the difference between them, because they only learnt it by hearing it, and they both sound the same. So if you encounter this mistake in the wild, there's a high chance it was written by an english native speaker.

[@ulayee9927]

ExaRom - Agree 100%. To be honest, being a second language English speaker, I’ve never heard of “could of” before until this video. I’ve listened to that part very carefully because I really wanted to find out what is the proper usage of this new idiom I’ve never known before. 🤣🤣 I don’t think he has ever cleared it out. This doesn’t exist, right? It’s just plain wrong.

[@VictorMatthieu]

Ula Yee To answer your question, if it hasn't been answered already: Never, ever, ever say "could of," "should of," "would of," anything like that unless your goal is to look really, really stupid. That's probably the worst of any homophone mistake a person could make. It's worse than saying "Your going to the beach" or "They're is my dog." Those are stupid looking but sometimes they can be blamed on typing mistakes. "Could of" can't. It's just wrong and it's an abomination to my eyes.

[@smh8112]

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[@EnglishwithMax]

Nice video! Admittedly I was a little confused when I saw the "who vs. that" on the board, because, as you say, you can sometimes use "that" for people. But for people learning English it's definitely much simpler to use the rule of "who for people and that for things" - you can't go wrong then!

[@gpil2000]

I am native english speaker...and I wish you were my english teacher growing up in school. I believe I would've gotten all A's! 😉😁 Thank you for these videos! I enjoy them a lot.

[@Iamfoxbrown]

What a relief I have. I was wondering that Americans rarely commit mistakes and this video come to clarify my doubts.

[@matheusb1442]

6:45 Incredible performance !!!!

[@AndriyVasylenko]

Guys, help me! I often see phrases with supposively 'is' dropped. Like 'Check it out. Link in description' or 'Album out now'. Sometimes I meet 'is' there. But when can we do that and is that dropping at all? Thank you

[@vzxxl]

These are stable but INFORMAL or SLANG phrases

[@AndriyVasylenko]

Thanks. That's as I thought.

[@AndriyVasylenko]

It's an example of ellipsis, isn't it?

[@vzxxl]

I can't reply you on that with a big certainty, but judging by the Wikipedia's explanation of ellipsis, I would say most probably it is.

[@vzxxl]

extinguish your ass fire young man!

[@MrInterpriser]

3:35 I'm not a native speaker and I see no problem in detecting "could've".

[@MadameCorgi]

Agreed. In England, it's only really an issue when it's misspelt as 'of'.

[@beladinetjakarta6287]

You make me laugh every time you teach us , the way you teach is fun , so I've never get tired to watch your video , best way to teach , Keep going Teacher

[@ecoplushaboy457]

I'm usually infatuated with your lovely video each time I watch it. Thanks a bunch for having spelled out the lesson so well. From Nigeria.

[@yasserzaki9998]

you are the best teacher of English i have seen it in my live

[@Cyclist_Adanvanture]

Hey bro. You are a really good teacher. Definitly.

[@faridachelbi363]

Hello, your videos are awesome, but in this video, at 7:10 through 7:30 I feel shocked to hear that making a slight mistake when speaking, people will think about me differently. this makes me hesitant to go and initiate any English conversation. :(

[@juancabanas575]

Yeah, definitely, he switched to "dumbass mode" from that minute on.

[@booksnstuff6357]

farida chelbi Honestly some people in the US can be rude about that stuff which I think is silly, because most people here in the US haven't even tried to learn a new language and don't know how hard it can be. But most people here like me are tolerant with pronunciation and things like that. Don't let those few rude people stop you from continuing to learn English!

[@VictorMatthieu]

Let me clear a couple things up. You will have an accent to some degree regardless of what you do unless your native language contains all the sounds of English, which is unlikely. The closer your language's sounds are to English's the less of an accent you'll have. The more you practice speaking, the less of an accent you'll have. But it's not possible to get rid of it completely. The issue isn't that people have accents. It's about when the accents are so thick people can't understand you. If other English speakers can't understand you when you speak, then there's a good chance you're not speaking English. It's a sign that you should practice pronunciation. I'm sure it might be frustrating to have native English speakers act like this. But it's important to understand that the majority of people who speak English (about 3/4) are not native speakers. This means that, statistically speaking, only every 1 in 4 people speaking English you come into contact with is a native speaker. Imagine that with your native language. Now imagine those people are throwing in rhotic R's where they don't belong and TH's where they don't belong and they're making weird vowel sounds that don't exist in your language and they're not making the right sounds so some words sound like fifteen others and you have no idea what they're saying. Would you say this person speaks your language? Probably not. They might understand you, but they can't SPEAK your language. That's what native English speakers deal with all the time because, like it or not, English is a global language. And like it or not, America is at the epicenter which means Americans have to put up with it more than anyone. So you might think they're being rude, but they're not. They just don't understand what you are saying. And you might think it's hypocritical but English speakers don't need to learn another language to get around in the world. Unless they move to a country that doesn't speak their language or they just find it fun, there's no reason for them to learn another language. That's just how it is. Because America is basically a puppeteer for the world and Americans speak English, this is how it is. People get angry that Americans go to other countries and they don't blend in but you have to understand that that's normal in the US. People move to the US all the time and they don't respect American culture, they don't respect the language Americans speak, they don't work to fit into a normal American life. So when Americans visit other countries and they don't try to integrate into the culture of that country, that's because Americans are used to people coming to the US and doing that. So when an American goes to Paris and they don't greet Parisians with a "bonjour" it's not because they're rude and don't care, it's because people come to the US and crap on American culture all the time. It's normal. People don't research America before they move there. They don't try to accept American beliefs and morals and values. They don't follow American laws. And they and the whole world get angry when Americans don't like it. For example, people go to the US from Europe and try to greet Americans with kisses on the cheek. Americans DO NOT like that AT ALL. Americans (this is obviously in general) don't like being crowded and don't like being touched by people they don't know well. And even people they do know well, they don't want to be kissed on the cheek by. Another is male Europeans (especially people from France) often wear a speedo type bottom on the beach and nothing else. Americans HATE that. Well, those same French people who get mad at Americans for not saying "bonjour" in France will get mad if an American gets mad about their inappropriate swim wear in the US. There's stuff on both sides of this that can annoy people, but you need to be able to look at it from their shoes as well.

[@roman_mathew]

You didn’t get his harsh but truthful point. You should not make mistakes intentionally. if you do, it’s hard for natives to understand non-natives and they assume that your speech doesn’t make any sense at all. Respect english language, you are an alien to English speaking world

[@samanthawu1637]

Figuretively speaking, you are the best English teacher I've ever seen on KZbin. xD Thank you Mr.James. Have a nice day. 🍀

[@noambermudez2595]

In Spanish, "Literally" (literalmente) could be used in both situations if you say something like:"Literally, I felt like a shit..." We don't need it to happen, it's use to say that you really do that action. So, it could confusing when you're learning English

[@Crypto2638]

That’s weird though. In Italian we have literally and figuratively although a lot of people uses always “literally”, does “de figura” exist in Spanish? Or “figuradamente”? Because most of the times is just conversational to use the same word for different meanings

[@natalieshawnaceemariewardf33]

6:45 Love the attitude!!! lol

[@matheusmorais869]

Yo, Im from Brazil and Im just watching this video cuz I wanna see mistakes that natives make 😂

[@Usernet1]

Thank you . James you are great

[@jeanpierreprudencioananos6357]

Elegant class! haha with quiz very important. thanks for that. Greetings from Peru-Lima

[@katerynapervushyna3964]

Hi, I'm from Ukraine and I have a question. Our teacher tell us that mustn't have done something doesn't exist, is it so or she's wrong? I'll be very thankful, if you'd answer my question ☺️

[@serjkirsanov4128]

Hey James. I very like your way to teaching english. I want to ask you about word "can't". You said that work like bad word. Maybe it's a kind of British accent. Can you make a video on this topic. About British accent.

[@jecsouza]

I'm Brazilian too. Good channel man!

[@iapc1532]

thanks, I'm a big fan of your classes!

[@Oosoble]

thank you sir it was useful God Bless you ,,..... I have one request :) need to knew how to write a report? and also which vocabulary i can use it!! i hope you got my point

[@simoncottz7216]

Hi guys! I got a question for you. I hear quite often in songs or even while natives speak what sounds like a mistake for me but I've never been sure. Sometimes people use "DON'T" instead of "DOESN'T" even when it's the 3rd singular person. I got the famous "Ball don't lie" in mind for exemple. So is it a common mistake or something that's fine to say ? Always been wondering. Thanks

[@simoncottz7216]

Alright ! Thanks for the lesson. Good day :-)

[@mohamedmoharm1819]

You really, a great teacher, thank you very much

[@esperanzaEstrella555]

I want to keep learning.Thanks

what a nice way of speaking, i like this coolness by speaking, i wish i had it....

[@olegkharko7430]

Thanks

[@saschingi6479]

Can u please state the difference between Irony, paradox and metaphor.

[@turismovistodecimaarionbya5050]

I'm from Brazil too, we've been to make mistakes everyday

[@naimanmussin7045]

I'm always confused with these type of lessons. I mean the one who can understand such explanations in English definitely should know that who relates to a person and that to a thing

[@danielelazzazzara2712]

But if u have an advanced level u can as well use this/that for a person... I'm not a native speaker but I do it in some situations

[@LucasAlmeida-pw2dv]

great!!! I'm Brasiliam and I am learning english.. do you have a site or another channel that I can talk with you??? i've been learning very much with you.. Thanks a lot!!!!!

[@alanoliveira5340]

I'm from Brazil and we can practice THAT things Hahaha

[@ES-mt8ui]

great presentation.Thank you.

[@CherryBlossomGirlC]

thank you to James i love your videos because i learn so much and you are funny and is easy !!!

[@themrgaska2]

You are the best teacher in the world ; )

[@rosealwahbi2271]

thanks

[@leekeelidq1531]

Great lessons you share to us!

[@m140775]

Thanks James.

[@gc1391]

irregardless what you explain hhh is very helpful

[@midnytewatch5810]

CONVERSATIONAL/CASUAL English differs from FORMAL/STANDARD English. Both exist, like it or not. Might as know when to use which. But we can't expect everyone to speak grammatically correct all the time.

[@ernestoxocol3031]

thank you

[@adooma406]

Best teacher ever👍🏻

[@shanenolan85]

I HATE that people have gone overboard with using "literally" for EVERYTHING 💯

[@alejandroortega5657]

Is it possible to say I said to him? or is the correct way I told him ? both are correct? thank you!

[@martymitch8375]

the construct is: tell sth to sb/tell sb sth, so yes, both are correct, but I'd stick to the sentence with say, just for stylistic reasons.

[@gabeglota]

such a great teacher

[@itsrairamones]

which one is correct ? do you wanna go to german someday or do you want to go to german one day

[@Zabraaa]

Very helpful!

[@juancabanas575]

I don't know if it's just me or everyone, but I've noticed in multiple times that native English speakers think of themselves as superior because of the fact they speak English since the very moment they were born. From the minute 7:00 this lesson started to piss me off a lot. What on earth is the problem with people's speaking English with non-native accents? Are we all supposed to speak in the same way as North Americans do? To the best of my knowledge, it was in the British Islands where English has its origins, not in North America, therefore I would be more than entitled to stating that James' English is not the appropiate one. Come on dude, it's just the way foreigners speak, allow us to speak as badly as some native do if we want to. I have many friends who learn Spanish and I would never be so disrespectful to them by telling them off just because I don't like the way they pronounce every word. Languages are for communicating ideas and whatnot to a better degree, not for showing off. Another datum about English native speakers is that they regard English as the most challenging tongue ever, basing all of their reasons on the fact that it has lots of exceptions and so on. I can do nothing other than laughing at that, it is quite noticeable that they have never ever "wasted" their precious time on learning another language aside from English. Give me a break, why don't you give a shot to either German, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic or Russian, those are the really tough ones.

[@detectiveconan8429]

Well said! I totally agree with you. Just adding something that the vast majority of native English speakers are incredibly STUPID. They can only speak their freaking language "English" and have never tried learning another language, and this punk thinks he's superior , coz he speaks English, really pathetic!!!

[@juancabanas575]

I mean, I'm not asserting this just because. Just take a glance at statistics, they don't give a monkey's about acquiring a second language, whatever it might be. Goethe said "whoever doesn't learn a foreign language, doesn't know his mother tongue".

[@jeanvival4011]

I agree with you on that

[@GabrielMartiniMs]

Juan Cabanas I feel very unconfortable too :(

[@booksnstuff6357]

Juan Cabanas I agree. I am a native English speaker and while I am learning 4 different languages other than English, many people don't seem to care about learning another language which I think is a terrible decision, because learning a new language is fun, and you get to communicate with people from all over the world and learn about their culture.

[@EasonChen-f7x]

So simple!!!!

[@joseveiga1229]

good morning....very good...thanks

[@wallaamohamedrehan]

love u my teacher and thank u

[@danielherrera9822]

Hi, I´m Daniel from Colombia, and I have a question for you, in the minute 5:43 , when you say "I don´t know who he is" shouldn´t you say, I don´t know whoM he is? thank you very much

[@EvaMobile8]

Daniel Herrera Most native English speakers don't use "whom" because we don't know when it is correct. Only educated people use it, mostly.

[@danielherrera9822]

Thalric thank you for answering

[@juancabanas575]

Whom wouldn't be correct in your example. "Who he is" is a noun clause, it stands for the direct object of the whole sentence and at the very same time, "who" represents the subject of the noun clause. "Whom" must only be used when you're referring to the object of a clause. For instance: I don't know who he is - I don't know whom/who he talked to In the second sentence either who/whom would be possible options,but you're going to hear quite a lot more people's saying "who" because "whom" is much more formal. I hope that helps.

[@danielherrera9822]

Juan Cabanas of course it helps, thank you

[@georgekarastergios1736]

iam from greece,45 years old, and my english are in lower level. i always have difficults with the grammar ,please if you have any help to solve this problem. thank you

[@mikakretzmann-clough8543]

George Karas hey native here and while your english is far from perfect you could be understood in most contexts. But frankly our language is ridiculously complicated with too many rules to keep track of(and exceptions). just keep at it

[@souadabbass1348]

thx

[@iizasada6499]

James your wonderful *-*

[@lauradambron]

I love watching your videos , u are funny 😂 . Thx' for Anyway / Anyways bc I wasn't sure which one was correct now I know 😉

[@evavigo]

Actually, I've only seen 'could OF' in native speakers... sometimes they don't know the grammatical rule, given that they don't need to learn it to speak....

[@allcomander5518]

Very good. Thank you

[@ayeTobi]

To be honest, I really hate that word A.K.A . It makes me uncomfortable saying it

[@eliudmayorga2014]

I couldn't find the quiz of this lesson :(

[@stanislavdidenko8436]

Irregardless this teacher literally thinks out of the box, he anyways could of prepared examples who are more specific.

[@diegochinchilla1624]

nice teacher

[@ecoplushaboy457]

Yeah, lovely James.

[@RobertSantos-rw8dy]

...good job.

[@adriannaramos7390]

Thank you!! A lot))

[@loqvrr9086]

native speakers say literally as a way to exaggerate something like “i feel so tired” to “i’m literally so tired” don’t teach these people to say “i’m figuratively so tired” 🤣

[@TheBongoBonk]

you are awesome as always.

[@JoseJuanHerreriasdelPino]

Why stich with that rule and not stick to thst rule?

[@safahamood4710]

Thank u ❤️

[@rikku54]

Too funny! Thank you so much

[@salvatorenastasi6475]

They wish they would mostly make these "mistakes". The sad sad truth is that most native speakers, even so called teachers, and I can testify for that because I see and hear that every day make incredibly bad mistakes; things like exchanging it's for its or you're for your. And when you point it out to them they hate you for this.

[@riveswaraofl]

Well,i have a problem.I always prounce badly when I'm speaking .I know it's a common but i really wanted to improve it. I hope you will help out how to improve??? Like if you have same problem Thanks :)

[@NeekaTechnology]

good

[@professorraphael4339]

Kkkkk 12:08 " Computer said : sorry you crazy" KKK

[@EasonChen-f7x]

Where are you from?

[@23mmc07]

Hello Everyone!! I'm needing some help, which one is the corretly way to speak, '' Thank you for giving me this opportunity to participate..." or " Thank you for give me this opportunity to participate... "

[@EvaMobile8]

23mmc07 The first one is correct.

[@PastTenseofBanana]

Sadly, I know many native speakers who use "could of".

[@natalieshawnaceemariewardf33]

LOL 5:09 CHECK IT OUT PEOPLE

[@yonelvm]

nice!

[@HunterShows]

Whom, I say, to whom! ...can these mistakes be ascribed?

[@franciscoescobar1674]

James I really appreciate what you have done for all of us throughout all these years with your videos but your comment about not being allowed to make a mistake because we are not native is the most stupid thing you have ever said and believe me I've watched most of your videos. Actually I was shadowing and imitating your lesson to improve my speaking skill. Can you imagine the way I felt when repeated that bullshit? Honestly that sounded so xenophobic. You're right, we all make mistakes and you made a massive one.

[@marklelet8884]

the phrase "anyway's correct" still confusing =/

[@cauetutu]

I could understand everything you said. thanks teacher. obs: we all make mistakes haha

[@chandrapriyashaktawat9747]

You are funny and cute . You are the best teacher.

[@TV-vx7pt]

i have been learning english for 3 years already , but unfortunatly i dont have enough practice, if some native english speakers could help me, i would be so glad, i'd like to talk to you on skype. I think i am an interesting conversational partner :)

[@EvaMobile8]

Wax Channel I don't use Skype but maybe I can help you on a different app.

[@MomoGavina]

B

[@oopsbananas8775]

how are you james

[@viktorvixter9012]

👍

[@rafaelrivas19]

awesome :)

[@imahkholidiyah1572]

i like your voice :v

[@hadassahqualidade]

you rock!

[@eliudmayorga2014]

anyway..

[@user-rx1jz5st2c]

good :)

thoriseday hahahhah so funny....

[@Edwin_Erich_Dwinger]

Is it "Is that the dog that bit you" or is it "is that the dog who bit you"?

[@martymitch8375]

both are correct.

[@komeijisatori6612]

But dog is neither human nor thing, or if it's neither it's both right?

[@martymitch8375]

When you use WHO for a pet, you give him/her features like the ability to think, feel.. skills related to humans. You "humanise" them. Plus, some people think it is inappropriate to refer to pets as objects. Check in a good grammar book if you want further information.

[@EnglishwithMax]

"Who" really is just for people, so it sounds better to say: "Is that the dog that bit you?" HOWEVER, we often use "he" and "she" instead of "it" for animals, particularly if it's a pet or an animal that we "know". Likewise, it's common to say "his" or "her" instead of "its" (e.g. the cat is in his basket). But I think most native speakers would agree that it sounds strange to say "who" for animals.

[@DzeProject]

Hey, dont forget to eat some steak next time, to not be hungry during the lesson))

[@AbhishekKumar-cn2bu]

I'm watching you on phone