Compound Word Mistakes: ALRIGHT or ALL RIGHT? AWHILE or A WHILE? EVERYDAY or EVERY DAY?

Every day, every day, every day, I'm hustling, shuffling.

Hi.

James from EngVid.

Oh, it's about today's lesson.

I'm saying "every day", and E is telling us that this is not the correct word.

And if you're wondering what we're talking about, I'm talking about compound words.

The word "every day" is actually made up of two words, "every" and "day".

But depending on how it's put together, i.e. if the word is separate "every day" and they're

put together, they actually have different meanings.

Yeah?

And this is actually sometimes made a mistake by English speakers.

Now, when we speak, you can't hear it, but when you write it, there's a definite difference.

And today's lesson is to show you what it means when these words are put together or

taken apart, the differences, and I'll let you know how they're used grammatically, okay,

and give you some examples.

Are you ready?

Let's go to the board and find out why E is telling me this every day, "I'm hustling"

is wrong.

I'm going to start off with the first one, will be "a while" versus "a while", so you

have to be careful when you pronounce it.

Really, when you're speaking all of these, you're not going to hear a difference.

But once you write it on paper, they do mean different things.

So, "a while" and "a while" is actually a period of time, right?

So it could be a short period of time or a long period of time, but it just means a duration

of time that is passing.

The difference between this and this is when you have "this", you don't need to use a preposition.

And specifically, the preposition I'm thinking about is "this".

"For", this is understood to be part of "this".

Even though this is a phrase, when we say this phrase, we have to say "for a while".

Mr. E will be late, you will have to wait for a while.

Otherwise, you can say you'll have to wait a while for E. Where's the "for"?

It's contained in here, so a preposition isn't necessary.

So whenever you write "this one", you need a preposition, but when you use "this one",

no preposition goes before it.

Cool?

So that's your first one down of the common everyday mistakes.

See, I did that in there for you, say five every day.

So I'm going to come here and explain what the difference is and why E said it.

All right.

Oh, all right.

Check that out.

That was by accident.

I swear to you, I wasn't doing it on purpose.

So there's "all right" and "all right", and we're going to say, "What is the difference?"

Well, there isn't.

They're both all right.

Although I wrote down "adjective" and you can see "adjective", "adjective", "adverb",

the actual correct one when you write it on papers is "this one".

You know what?

I'm going to do something different.

I'm going to do "frog green".

This one is the one you should use most of the time.

It's the easiest one to do.

Now, if you are actually writing to your friend or buddy and you're doing a text message,

this is fine.

Don't let anyone tell you no.

It's fine.

And everybody understands.

All right?

True.

But if you're writing to a paper, a formal paper, you need to put this one down.

And in fact, I would say this is the safest one to use because whether it is informal

writing or formal writing, there's no correction necessary.

And "all right" means it's okay or it's - what's the word I want to use?

It's satisfactory.

And if you hear me say "satisfactory", that long word, it's like - it lacks a little something.

When something - you know, it's all right.

It's okay.

It's not that great.

It's not that bad.

However, if someone says to you, "Are you all right?", it means are you okay physically?

You're doing okay.

There's nothing wrong with you.

A little bit of a different meaning, and we'd be using this one here.

Okay?

So, it means both of them mean "satisfactory" or "okay".

But if I ask you, "Are you all right?", please write this.

And if you're doing a formal paper, please write this.

Okay?

But if you're going to be writing to your friend in text or something, you put, "All

right.

I'll meet you later on.

This is good enough."

All right.

Oh.

Sorry.

It's also a filler word.

I have to do a video on filler words.

Words that you say like "mm", "er", or "like" that you shouldn't say all the time.

Another day.

"He said every day was wrong."

And I have two every days.

What is the difference?

Well, we got "day" and "every", so something must be similar.

We've just discussed that.

But when we say - let's start with the easy one.

Every day separated, we're talking about each and every day.

I have oatmeal every day.

And what does that mean?

On Monday?

On Tuesday?

On Wednesday?

It's repeated, and it's daily.

You're going to say, "Well, what's the difference here?"

Well, now we've got this compound word put together, "every day".

It means routine or regular.

It doesn't mean the daily intervals of time.

It's a bit different.

So, if you say, "This is my everyday clothing", it means my regular clothing, and I'm not

talking about Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.

I'm just saying general, normal, or routine, okay?

His everyday clothing is a suit because he works in an office.

Or you could say, "Every day he wears a suit."

Similar but not the same.

This one is routine.

This one is duration of time, that is repeated, the daily repetition, cool?

And now, if we go over here, "Every day I'm hustling" makes no sense because what he's

trying to say or what I was saying is, "Every day", that means Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,

Thursday, I'm hustling.

It's not my regular thing, cool?

So I'm really emphasizing the daily aspect, and you need to use this one.

Here's an interesting one, "all together" and "all together".

You got to be careful.

You say, "They came all together.

It's all together alright."

It almost sounds okay.

"All together" means as a group.

They came all together at the restaurant, so they all arrived at the same time as a

group, okay?

But "all together" means completely.

He was all together wrong.

He means completely wrong.

It's not group wrong.

So although they seem somewhat the same, the meaning is very different.

I had an altogether different experience.

I had a completely different experience.

We need to get all together if we're going to go on the trip.

We need to get as a group.

Very different meaning, even though they look somewhat similar, right?

Cool.

That's a little tougher because you're like, "But they're so different."

Eh, this is why people make mistakes because they look at the spelling, and they see similarity

in the words, and they think, "Hey, why not?

Makes sense.

I've seen these words enough."

But they've taken it out of context and don't understand how it's supposed to be used, alright?

Now, where am I?

Ah, my favorite because I am so guilty of doing this.

So guilty, alright?

So you've got "a lot, a lot, a lot".

I was going to make a joke about this, but I don't want to get in trouble.

So "a lot" is not a word.

What?

But I see many people write "a lot" like that.

Yeah, it's not a word.

It's not a word.

It's supposed to be this one, which is an idiom.

It means "much".

Very much or a lot.

Let's just say "very much" or "many", here.

I have a lot of money, but not a lot of time, and not a lot of women.

I am a very sad man.

A lot, okay?

Now this, you're going to think, "Oh, this is the plural of this."

It's a verb, and it means "to distribute or give out", a very different meaning.

The double L put together is a verb, and it means "to distribute or give out".

So I was allotted four chairs at my table.

They gave me or distributed four chairs at my table.

But I don't think that's a lot.

That would be many.

Ooh, look at that.

He played with it.

Yeah, I did.

You can, too.

It's the beauty of mastering English or mastering anything.

You can start to play.

So this, no.

So what I'm saying is when you say it, it will sound like this.

They'll sound the same.

Almost all of these sound the same as you say them.

But the key is writing.

So when we're looking at this issue, it's when you're writing it down, remember that

there are going to be different ideas associated with these things.

If you write this, this is not English.

Even if you write it to your friend and no one's going to see, it's still not English.

That's the correct spelling for that.

And if you're putting this one together, remember it's a verb to mean "to give out" or "distribute".

Oh, I think I've used my allotted time in teaching you these, so what I want to do is

go to the quiz, okay, give you something, a little extra, just a little extra, and of

course our homework.

You ready?

Okay, time for the quiz.

Let's see what you remember or retained from the lesson.

Are you ready?

Let's go to the board.

So the first question we have is, "We did a lot of work today."

What should go up there?

Mm-hmm, a lot.

Now I'm over-pronouncing it, I don't want you going down, "I did a lot of work today."

They'll think you have a mental problem, not just an English problem.

And what did I say about this one?

That's right, this is not a word, right?

You will see people putting it down because they know it's a lot, they'll write it down.

Don't do so, okay?

Next, "We might be here" - let's do this here - "We might be here for a while or a while."

I know they both have something to do with a period of time, but what was the rule I

gave you?

Yeah, because we have this preposition, this already includes it, so we can just say - sorry,

this includes it, so we use this one here - "a while", right?

This one follows a preposition.

Cool.

What about this one, number three?

"He was crying, so I asked if everything was alright."

Now here's the funny one, what did I say is funny about this?

Well, if this was a part of an essay, you would have to use this one.

If this was just common, you know, texting, you could use this one.

So, you have to know context for this one.

Who am I writing to?

Am I writing to my professor in a paper, go with this one 100%, doesn't matter.

You're writing to a friend in a text, this is alright.

Number four, "She rode her bicycle every day, every day."

It actually kind of makes sense, she rode a bicycle every day, every day.

It almost makes sense, crazy, but yeah.

Alright, so which one is it?

Now you have to understand the idea, it could be routine, but really what we're trying to

say is this, specifying daily as in Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, so every day, she rode

her bicycle each day, right?

Now number five, "They arrived all together or all together."

Okay, well, this one we just have to do a simple translation.

They arrived completely, well it's not Star Trek, you know, being beamed down, it's like

they're missing arms and legs, Captain.

They arrived as a group, right, so they arrived all together.

Because remember, this one means completely, and if you don't watch Star Trek, go watch

Star Trek, then you'll know what I'm talking about when they beam down.

Sometimes it doesn't work out, and they don't arrive all together.

Alright, sometimes not all together, and sometimes not all together.

Watch a couple episodes, you'll know what I mean, okay?

And you'll know who Scotty is, he wears a red shirt, but he always survives, that's

another thing we'll talk about, red shirts.

Okay, so as you know, we've done our quiz, and what I want to do now is I want to give

you a little bit, and it is this time a little bit, one more compound word or phrase that

people sometimes make mistakes.

See "sometime", that's right there.

Okay, so "sometime" here is a period of time that's usually long.

We may be here for "sometime", that means a period of time, or maybe a long period of

time.

But when we put it together, it changes to an adverb, so this is an adjective, it changes

to an adverb, and it means an unknown amount of time, that was tough, unknown amount, an

unknown amount of time, and usually it's a future that is unspecified.

So if I say to you, "Hey, let's go for dinner sometime", when are we going?

I didn't tell you, you know it's not now, because I said let's go sometime, so it's

an unknown amount of time.

I told you English is a tough language to learn.

It's tough for me too, I don't like this, it's mean.

Okay, so it's an unknown amount of time, and it's an unspecified time in the future.

Let's go for a drink sometime.

Could be a week, could be a month, you don't know, it's unknown, and it's pushed into the

future, as opposed to I've been at the doctor's for some time, which would be a long amount

of time.

Cool?

All right, I know you got this.

So because I know you got this, here's what I want you to do.

It wouldn't be a class, or it wouldn't be my class if we didn't do homework, so I want

you to make up your own sentences using these compound words or phrases, okay?

Write them in the comments below, either on engVid, or you can do it on YouTube, and for

each one you get right, you're going to get 1,000 points.

So I want you guys to mark those thumbs up, or give them a yay, right?

Let them know they've done a good job, because this is a little bit complicated.

As I said, native speakers make mistakes on this every day, every day I'm hustling, you

know?

So if they're making it, you're probably making them, but now you won't.

Anyway, I've got to get going, but before I go, where I want you to go is to www.engvid.com,

as in English, vid as in video, where you can do the quiz for this particular lesson,

and you can see other verbs, other lessons on verb usages, compound words, language,

language acquirement.

That means how you can learn the language, no, better yet, understand the language, master

the language.

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As always, thank you.

What do you mean there's no quote today?

I forgot, I forgot, I'm human.

Every day you give me that stuff, yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever.