On Purpose - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles
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So when you do something on purpose it means
that you meant to do it.
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You did it intentionally.
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You did it deliberately.
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For instance you could say that, "He set the
fire on purpose."
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That would mean that the person decided to
set the fire and then they did it.
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So it's the opposite of having something happen
"by accident".
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When something happens by accident it's something
that you didn't choose to do.
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So hopefully that makes sense.
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You might have to look up the word "deliberately"
and "intentionally" and that will help you
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understand the word, "on purpose".
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