TOP 10 GRAMMAR MISTAKES English Learners Make

[@alexanderpetrachkov2243]

Dear Gideon. Within 1 month I watched all of your 121 videos that you have released in 6 years and I thank you very much for your work. Good luck to you!

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Dear Alexander, I try to respond to as many comments as possible. It's difficult though because I get so many these days. However, when I saw your message that you'd watched all the videos I thought I would take a moment to thank you. I hope you learnt a lot and you'll continue watching - we have a more coming up soon. Best wishes.

[@Riurelia]

As a native English speaker who enjoys studying other languages, I enjoy seeing my own language from the eyes of a non native English speaker. Of course, since I study other languages sometimes, I enjoy watching videos like this for learners of Spanish or French.

[@oliolisay]

Not native, but in my opinion, "Remember" is clearly intransitive AND transitive, depending on the context. I noticed the "usally" in the bottom but i think that could mislead some people. Correct me if i'm wrong but aren't there many cases where " remember " is used as a transitive verb ? > "Do you remember her ?" > "I remember that we used to go and see them..." > "Don't you remember that ?"

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Yes, you are right. It was a mistake. I wanted to say that it's often confused with remind "please remind me", not "please remember me". But REMEMBER can certainly be transitive. Apologies, I was trying to keep the video brief but by doing so left out some important information.

[@gabrielepoggi1079]

Excellent! I'll say "thanks a lot" in all the languages I know. Let's start: "Спасибо большое!", "Merci beaucoup!", "Thanks a lot!", "Grazie mille!", "Köszönöm szépen!"

[@yahyaakaaboune7062]

شكرا

[@verymozart]

Ok but in Italian that would be better translated with molte grazie, even if it's the same meaning

[@michielvdvlies3315]

in dutch its different dankuwel

[@RamKumar-yi6wn]

I like your shirt ; gives you a very distinctive and professional air.

[@educationalbro9670]

I have one

[@user-hv7mb3ye2v]

As a native English speaker from the U.S., "I met a guy named Jim" doesn't sound unnatural at all to me. I think this is a difference of dialect, as using the word "called" in its place would sound very strange to a native speaker from the U.S. Though, you can only use "named when referring to actual names of people or pets. We use "called" in every other situation. For example "We saw a movie CALLED Guardians of the Galaxy".

[@oldpolishguy253]

Very true. It is very odd sounding to me when 'named' is replaced with 'called' and referring to a proper name rather than a nickname or more 'colorful' reference. You can call someone anything, but a name is name.

[@studylearnenglish848]

great stuff! The double negative is a really common mistake. I hear this from my students in class almost every day, so I know it's important. I also made a video dealing with this issue.

[@bialynia]

I'm guessing you didn't have many Slavic students if completely omitting 'a/an' and 'the' didn't make the list :D

[@AndreiBerezin]

Yeah cuz we know those little particles are completely unnecessary

[@PauloPereira-jj4jv]

@@AndreiBerezin ... so YOU are the ones who "decide" what is or what is not necessary...? 😂

[@AndreiBerezin]

@@PauloPereira-jj4jv for damn sure!

[@jamesmcinnis208]

Speakers of any language with no articles find it really difficult to use them when speaking English.

[@AndreiBerezin]

@@jamesmcinnis208 yes, definitely, and the main reason is we cant just figure out what the hell they're in there for. They have no function, can be easily dropped, and nothing gonna change.

[@maqsoodalam519]

Good evening sir, improve my English spoken day by day thanks and you are so amazing online English teaching

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Thank you for being amazing.

[@X1GenKaneShiroX]

Saying something along the line of ‘should/would/could of’ can mess up a lot of people and is something people considered incorrect.

[@Frostvul]

For example, when someone says, "he said to me" could be when telling a story. "Told me" could also be a demand, so using "said to me" creates a more dramatic effect

[@agneskuzminska6523]

Gideon, could you please comment on this: when I was at school I was taught "There are two common pronunciations of "either": British /ˈaɪðər/ and American /ˈiːðər/ and "neither": British /ˈnaɪðər/ and American /ˈniːðər/" Now I find out many British pronounce it 'the American way' but now I read: While Americans are more or less consistent in this regard, the Brits seem to be freely using both. In fact, from what I can tell, "either this or that" is more often in the first form, whereas "me either" is in the second. Is there any kind of an informal rule in the modern British English with regard to this?

[@hilalahmad7286]

I am not going to stop watching your wonderful videos as they are a delight to watch. Thanks

[@LetThemTalkTV]

I always knew you were someone of impeccable taste

[@hilalahmad7286]

@@LetThemTalkTV Thanks.

[@olamaciak831]

13:52 why is there "a future" instead of "the future"?

[@pauldecroes1284]

Another word that pops into my mind is the word 'police' which is plural in English but singular in other languages, Paul, Belgium.

[@gabrielemontini5240]

Wow! The best lesson I have ever seen! Tonight I playing pool tournament but when I come back I’ll study it deeply. Thank you very much

[@LetThemTalkTV]

I hope you won the pool tournament.

[@gabrielemontini5240]

LetThemTalkTV I lost the final...😭😭😭 But I played well so...it’s half win...

[@galinabazilevich135]

Thk u very much! Your tip with 'after' is priceless!!!

[@marcopolo6076]

Hello. How should I pronounce words such as map, France, cat, man, jab, bath? Can I always say [a:] not [ae]?

[@sebastian1200]

Gideon, You’re an amazing teacher. Love to watch your videos. Much obliged. 🙂👍

[@satlaming2798]

Thank you for a valuable lesson and an excellent delivery! Keep up the good work.

[@ezahrani1977]

Thank you for clarifying.. I always make mistakes especially when I use all and every

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Glad it was useful

[@kirillluftreiter]

Thank you so much for good and clear explanation with interesting examples and useful tricks to remember the rules! That's very helpful.

[@monicas.701]

THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR INVALUABLE WISDOM WITH ME. A TEACHER LIKE YOU DESERVES THE HIGHEST REWARD IN THIS WORLD. YOU KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO SHAPE A TENDER MIND FULL OF POSITIVITY !!!!!!! THANK YOU HONORABLE TEACHER !!!!!! I am unbelievably grateful to see you back !!!!!!!!!!

[@LetThemTalkTV]

I'm happy to share what little knowledge I have. Thank you so much once again.

[@monicas.701]

@@LetThemTalkTV Teaching requires DEDICATION and PASSION.... And you have those in abundance..... THANKS FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND FOR MAKING LEARNING FUN !!!! A huge hug , sweetheart !!!!!!!

[@hervepuischevrier2815]

Je retrouve pas mal de mes fautes. Merci pour la vidéo, je la trouve plus facile à comprendre que les autres

[@rajanjoseph4877]

Your body language is really awesome 👏👍

[@donkadonka93]

I value this channel very much though there's one thing really difficult to bear. These ' vocal brakes' between subtopics and in the intro - the volume suddenly turns up which is really unpleasant especially if one listens to the channel in the early morning or late evening just for relaxation. As I know it's a good practice to have everything in the similar volume. Improves the overall user experience significantly :) Thank you for your videos and presenting all the topics in a nice, funny but still professional manner. :)

[@elfaed11]

I totally agree👍👌

[@curtcoller3632]

I know teachers and actors have a lot in common. Teachers are just the lower paid version. I am (was) one of them, back when I lived in Europe. Today I'm scripting video clips, editing and sounding them (lol). Language was not my subject of expertise - economics was! Well, it is far more economical to use an old typewriter, but scripting, I must say the train does not move! Usually every time you type a letter the train moved a bit to the left - to make space for the next letter. After a while you had to reset the train with a lever all the way to the left, by pushing it right - for the next row. Yep, I learned typing on those weird things. You are very good in explaining - which every teacher should be. Most are not. Thanks for the "octopus", did not know it's NOT a word rooted in Latin. You see, listening to some You Tube teachers (wannabees) you develop "fungi" in your brain.

[@pussycatlover6522]

Gideon, merci bien. You the man.

[@francescareina6062]

A very nice lesson to sip and and continue to sip in generous mouthfuls, thanks Gideon

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Don't get drunk

[@m.bilgincakmaciftci]

Thanks for all your support sir...you are the reason for loving English...

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Thank you for watching

[@mrbones3163]

Everybody likes this guy. He knows all.

[@frengtterma4102]

you used "r" sound in "I saw a film." can you explain why is that? I've only heard British people using it but I might be wrong. Love your channel by the way!

[@ibrahimabah2628]

great lesson . thank you so much

[@d4hc]

You should make a podcast dudes. It's so good. God bless you

[@alphacentauri2134]

I love your lessons, sir! Thank you so much!

[@SouhaibD]

Thanks for your awesome videos! You said, "I _will be_ at my country house for the next week". Is this an exception to rule #2 in this video (Fixed future plans)? And can I say, "I'm staying at my country house _for_ the next week"?

[@javiermarcos3155]

Hi Gideon. About the second mistake. Is it correct to say: I will be having dinner with Jim next Friday? Or I should necessarily say: I am having dinner with Jim next Friday?. Are the two sentences right. Thank you on advance

[@siddharthanp1132]

Sir a great honor to you I can now speak English fluently because, of you sir I am very thankful to you sir.

[@ura119]

Thanks for the lesson, mister

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Thanks for the comment mister

[@isabelatence7035]

Seeing your class makes me wonder how many news you have been creating here ... perfect for me. Me growing up in English. It's a rich language and so is your look... thank you very much Gideon

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Cheers, many thanks for your comment.

[@renaroma35]

Thanks a lot it is Loud and Clear!

[@kibrumare482]

you are the best teacher for me. ethiopia

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Greetings to you in Ethiopia.

[@rnp5157]

Sir Pl clarify whether the following sentence is grammatically correct .: The book is meant to assist the students in their learning of language, which is an acquired one. ( This has been taken from the introduction to a badly written text book used in Kerala University for UG students. The comma is there in the original sentence)

[@josephcote6120]

That does sound strange. If I were to write that it would probably be: "Learning a language is an acquired skill; this book is meant to assist students learning that skill."

[@maryraouf3505]

A useful video. Many thanks teacher

[@LetThemTalkTV]

A useful comment. Thanks

[@ANTONIOMARTINEZ-zz4sp]

Is it grammatically correct when, at 5:51, you say: "... to protect you against the sun..."? I always say " protect from sth. or so." instead of "protect against".

[@LetThemTalkTV]

I guess you're right. In written English "protect from the sun" sounds more elegant though informally, especially in spoken English I think you can get away with "protect you against...." (I hope so).

[@NothingMaster]

On a more serious note: I’ve seen many a nonnative speakers having difficulties with prepositions. Like saying, “the package arrived on time”, instead of saying, “the package arrived in time.”

[@sky75691]

arrival on time or in time are both legitimate but have different meanings. For example if the train is due at 17.00 and your connection is at 17.30 then arrival on time is arrival at 17.00. Arrival at 17.10 is arrival in time (as long as you still have time enough to make your 17.30 connection that is.) but not on time.

[@uffa00001]

@@sky75691 Yes, but the general difficulty with prepositions remains: different from (different to) is one case in point.

[@ssdd6779]

👍 you are the best teacher. I like watching your videos.

[@LetThemTalkTV]

You are the best. Thanks

[@subjectfrank]

Should i also use "Give him the book once he arrives" insted of "Give him the book when he arrives"?

[@piezocuttlefish]

Your version is quite correct, as is "Give him the book upon his arrival.". The [when] version is the least literary (most likely to be spoken), the [upon] version seems like it is mostly likely to be read, and the [once] version is somewhere between.

[@subjectfrank]

@@piezocuttlefish thanks a lot for your help my friend. now i understand which one to use in which situation.

[@indyourosier6362]

I proud of your teaching guy!

[@evjj1969]

You are fantastic. I am an English teacher in Brazil.

[@livemirraia]

Dear Gideon, what is the difference between "thru" and "through"? Thank you :)

[@mikoajem675]

I think there is no such a word as "thru", it's probably just a very informal slang word.

[@ІванОмаров]

First one is just a "simplified" spelling of second

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Thru is not a word except when it's sometimes put at the end of an old American movie "released thru United Artists". I've never seen it anywhere else.

[@capuano3d]

@@LetThemTalkTV drive thru

[@wacens1]

Why don't you start using a good dictionary? There are many of them online for free. I recommend Longman Advanced learner dictionary.

[@jordillach3222]

5:57 🤔 I'm not an English native speaker and my teachers always told me that the correct word for this is hue and that shade is wrong ⁉️

[@LetThemTalkTV]

It's complicated but you also have tints and tones. I believe hues are different colours and shades occur when you add varying amounts of black to a colour so that it becomes darker.

[@francisjayseabird6221]

In causal British English, "informations" can be treated as a contraction form of "pieces of information"

[@sky75691]

It cannot, information has no s form plural. Not even in casual British (or any other) English.

[@iKiwed]

Thank you again for your videos.

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Thank you for your comments

[@piezocuttlefish]

"You cannot follow 'say' with a direct object." I think you've confused transitive and ditransitive again! You cannot follow 'say' with a dative (indirect) object. The direct object is what often follows 'say'. Sometimes that's a noun, or sometimes that's a literal phrase, which takes special syntax: I gave him a fiver, so he said the password quietly to me. I told him he was crazy, whereupon he said, "I could tell you what you should do with that apple, but you wouldn't do it." Note the comma that comes before the phrase. It is a peculiarity that, when a employing a phrase as nouns, a comma separates it from either a preceding verb or a postpositive phrase-but in that case it can be overridden by another punctuation mark "When we went," he said, "to Scarborough, we all had a lovely time" "Bollocks!" he said angrily. "Friday," said he, "is when we drink Scotch."

[@svenjahnsen3381]

Sorry but you are talking gibberish.

[@malardjm]

As a francophone from Quebec, I prefer "not bad" with a positive uplifting tone than "I just washed my socks."

[@OceanChild75]

Do kids still make sandcastles on the beach? 🤔 I feel like I haven’t seen any in ages. Sorry, this is out of topic but it is 4am, my insomnia has kicked in and you got me thinking!

[@trishamitch5234]

Thanks for this, sir, I learned something new....

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Glad to hear it.

[@antoniethamazzola4560]

Hello teacher. About uncountable word I have a doubt with the word Advice, is it possible to say "let me give you an advice"

[@DerEchteBold]

I'm not a teacher but I'm pretty sure it's not correct, the common thing to say would be "... some advice". He probably won't have the time to answer questions on all his older videos, so I decided to go out on a limb and give some advice ; ) All the Best

[@antoniethamazzola4560]

@@DerEchteBold thanks a lot for your information and consideration :)

[@laurawolfe154]

"An advice" is wrong, but you could say "A piece of advice."

[@antoniethamazzola4560]

@@laurawolfe154 thank you.

[@kasiasagun8493]

Can you clarify please, what about people who write, 'Dear All' in their emails?

[@jluclacour47]

My favorite teacher 😃

[@LetThemTalkTV]

My favourite......student?

[@rickebuschcatherine2729]

Oh thanks, we need to hear that....

[@borisgolovin1891]

What is the name of the film you used in this video.

[@HotelPapa100]

Every people ever described has a unique culture. So there... 'Remember' is not intransitive; it DOES take an object, you rememeber /something/ It does, however, not take an indirect object

[@wpo4003]

Is plural 'researches' definitely incorrect?? Should I only use' research projects' instead? Thx

[@josephcote6120]

The only place "researches" is OK is as a verb. "He researches uncommon diseases." As a noun, always "research." "His research is about uncommon diseases." "Research projects" sounds fine as a plural too. "His many research projects include uncommon diseases" But you could say "His research includes uncommon diseases."

[@wpo4003]

Thank you :-)

[@mamymimma]

Surrealist Gideon 😄 Thanks for such a useful lesson! I have a doubt: which sentence is correct between "I haven't either read 50 Shades or watched the film" "I haven't either read 50 Shades nor watched the film" ? Or maybe "I have neither read 50 Shades nor watched the film" ? By the way, should I?

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Last one is correct. "I have neither read ......nor". or you could say. "I haven't read 50 shades of Grey and I haven't seen the film either."

[@mamymimma]

@@LetThemTalkTV Thank you so much

[@platinum11110]

Your content is the best.

[@bestyav5529]

Say and tell is a very common mistake in India. 90% of Indian people are confused . Number 3 is my every day mistake. Thanks to have corrected.

[@easterdeer]

In English we don't say 'every people', and that just goes to show that every nation and every people has its own linguistic quirks ;D

[@theophonchana5025]

2:20 "luggages" doesn't exist. 4:26 "or ... or" doesn't exist.

[@Immopimmo]

In my opinion "named" is for real names, "called" is for nicknames, pets and objects. For example: A guy named John vs. A guy called Moose.

[@htconex19062012]

Thanks boss

[@litaslon6485]

Спасибо большое 😊

[@valentinaosorio]

Excellent 👌

[@Maurice-Navel]

EVERY PEOPLE has a right to self-determination.

[@evjj1969]

As I have been studying American English for 30 years, it's important to me to learn British expressions etc.

[@चंद्रहास-च4ड]

Namaste GURUJI..🙏🙏🙏!!!

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Namaste

[@buonleo]

3:38 TRAFFIC 😆

[@102scott]

Shadow and shade are wrong too here. Shade is the place where you can protect yourself from the sun. Shadow is the moveable shade of something or someone.

[@RaduB.]

Thank you!

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Thanks

[@gabor6259]

'Remember' can be transitive though.

[@LAX2hard]

I'm an American native speaker, and I've never used "called" for a person. It sounds like I'm talking about a dog or something. Using called in this way sounds too much like foreign languages. Is using called like that a British thing?

[@catherinequetant1260]

You say that remember is an intransitive verb. Does it mean it's incorrect to say "do you remember me ?"

[@TidoTee]

What about "shall" and "will"

[@larsfle6015]

You of 'all people' say that we can't say 'all people' LoL ;-) I love your videos - they are brilliant :-)

[@przemekx4182]

do you know the title of that old movie ?

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Pygmallion. I do recommend it. You can find it on KZbin as it's in public domain (which is why I could use it).

[@przemekx4182]

thank you for reply....

[@drexdoga]

We have a creative teacher here but not more than me :)

[@boriswilliams6217]

Nice

[@arunamatthews9963]

Great to see you Gideon sir you are so sweet 👍🤗🤗

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Sweet?

[@adrianbailey8629]

Remember is transitive. I remember that. Do you remember me? Remind means "cause to remember". Please remind me about it.

[@lordmono9986]

Is it incorrect to say (every people) when you are referring to an entire nation as well?

[@laurawolfe154]

@Lord Mono "Every people" doesn't sound right. You could say, "The people of every nation," or just " Every nation."

[@lordmono9986]

@@laurawolfe154 thank you very much, I appreciate it.

[@annasamek5179]

Unfortunately, not. The correct way to say it would be: all the people, every single person, the people of India, etc.

[@Dave2024uk]

Very nice video 🇪🇹

[@piezocuttlefish]

Oof. You meant that remember is transitive but almost never ditransitive, but remind is ditransitive. For "remember", the thing remembered is the accusative object-and you proceeded to give two examples: one grammatically and semantically transitive, and the other semantically transitive with a grammatical twist. "visiting Stonehenge when I was a kid" is a noun phrase, and it is the direct object of "remember" in your first example. The case of "remember when [X]" is interesting, since it is a once-transitive use that got elided, "Do you remember (the times) when we used to make sandcastles on the beach?" Now we can omit "the times", which turns the noun phrase into, syntactically, an adverbial phrase-but it is semantically a noun phrase. You can tell that because this is a valid sentence which means something entirely different: "Every time you and I played together, I would remember the time as toddlers we got lost on the beach. In our teens, when we used to make sandcastles on the beach, did you remember?". Remind, however, is ditransitive: it takes a dative object and an accusative object.

[@Explorewithprajeeth]

Would you please explain how to become fluent at home alone, because I have been learning English for 1 year but still I couldn't speak and I was insulted by office staff please help me sir

[@josephsujai5543]

I can teach you

[@aquarius4953]

Never,never,never accept to be insulted by some English moron because you don't speak their bloody language. You are the one who makes the effort to learn English . I'm pretty sure your English has improved a lot since 2019.

[@mujtaba_voice5140]

I personally start liking your typing machine ..

[@LetThemTalkTV]

Sold to the highest bidder.

[@mujtaba_voice5140]

@@LetThemTalkTV nice reply sir....

[@NothingMaster]

Only a native Southerner could say: “ ‘Them’ two pieces of human garbage ‘is’ insufferable “, and fixin’ to get away with it.

[@nadnadya7263]

Thank you ❤

[@LetThemTalkTV]

My pleasure

[@doc837]

In American English we'd definitrely say, "I met a guy named Jim." "Called" would seem stilted.

[@user-tk2jy8xr8b]

If you want to count information - use bits > you cannot follow "say" with a direct object "say a word" - isn't "a word" a direct object? > if you want to sound like a native speaker just use "called" oh, yes, "I was called after my grandad" ;)

[@RockJohnson2012]

I like your videos! Thank you :3

[@LetThemTalkTV]

I like your comment. Thanks