Misterduncan's Full English Lesson 31 - What is a Split Infinitive? What Does Discrimination Mean?

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one of the hardest parts of doing something creative is coming up with new

ideas figuring out new ways to do something or finding new angles on which

to focus can really leave you in a spin a clear head and a positive outlook are

both important when it comes to being creative

sometimes those new ideas do not come easily so you have to put your thinking

cap on that's a great expression if you are stuck for an idea then you might

have to put your thinking cap on you will need to come up with a new idea you

will have to wrack your brains to wrack your brains is to think long and hard

about how to do something that seems impossible I've been wracking my brains

all day over how to make some extra money if more than one person is

involved with the new ideas then it might be easier to come up with

something they say that two heads are better than one we need to put our heads

together and try to solve this problem sometimes it is not possible to come up

with any solution or new idea there is nothing in your head we call this a

block for example there is writer's block there are no new ideas in your

mind being creative is fun but it can also be a nightmare when it comes to

creating new ideas

you may have noticed that I love English some of my favorite English words happen

to be the smallest and the most commonly used a good example is the word off it

seems like such a simple word yet it is often used on a daily basis in so many

ways to cancel something can be described as being off sorry girls the

football match is off you can call something off we had to call off the

outdoor concert because of the rain to have a free day away from work can be

described as being off I won't see you tomorrow as it's my off day you are

having the day off another use of Earth Day is when things keep going wrong or

when your mood is not good during a certain period of time sorry for all the

mistakes guys I'm having a bit of an off day to make your way out of a place or

to announce your departure you can say that you are off okay guys it's 5

o'clock see you tomorrow I'm off if something

that is perishable has gone past its best then we can say that it is off

don't drink that milk it's off this salmon smells awful I think it solved if

something has been disconnected from its power source we can say that it is off

the TV isn't broken it's off talking of which I'm off over there it's time to do

the next sequence

it's strange how some words can find themselves together in English phrases a

good example of this is the phrase love hate these words have opposite meanings

however they do go together as a description of a certain type of

relationship I am talking about a love-hate relationship in society a

love-hate relationship describes a partnership that involves both fondness

and hatred a tumultuous or turbulent relationship between two people can be

described as love-hate we had a terrible fight last night but today we made up

and are having a meal together tonight you might feel that this relationship is

based on love/hate especially if the arguments occur often a long-term

relationship might become unstable due to a hopeless feeling of routine and

familiarity the couple might become bitter and resentful which results in

the up-and-down nature of the relationship a love-hate relationship

can exist in other places if you love your job

but it does not pay very well you might have a love-hate relationship with it

you might have a love-hate relationship with your boss there are some good days

and some bad you have mixed feelings you have the feeling of both love and hate

it's now time for another buzzword a buzzword is a word or phrase that is

popular during a certain period of time or is often used generally today's

buzzword is discrimination the word discrimination is a noun that names the

unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people

especially on the grounds of race religion gender sexuality or age

the state of prejudging a person based on their differences to show prejudice

toward someone because of their differences is discrimination you can't

dismiss me because I'm a Muslim that's discrimination to hold bias towards one

or more groups of people around you in everyday life is discrimination you act

on a grudge against someone because they are different from you this is defined

as discrimination the word can also name the ability to define what is

high-quality or good taste your discrimination picks

out what is worthy the verb form of discrimination is discriminate you

discriminate between two or more things by making judgments to discriminate is

to be prejudiced you display prejudgment you are biased you carry out

discrimination

what do you want and what do you need if you want too much can we call this greed

do you have more than you need or is it enough perhaps you have nothing

sometimes life can be tough there is a fine difference between the things you

want and the things you need to want is to desire it is an urge to satisfy that

desire to need is the instinctive response to nature's call for survival

it's the need to survive what is necessary to survive is your need the

obvious things needed for survival are food and water they are your basic needs

without these you will not survive for long of course want can be classified as

need to however we often see want as a more selfish emotion I need food I want

a nice new car to show my neighbor furthermore the dilemma of what many

years creates quite a paradox we need money to buy food but we also want money

to support a comfortable and some might say wasteful lifestyle want is often

seen as a selfish emotion Mead comes from your basic necessities want comes

from the things that will make you feel better as a person need comes from the

basic survival instinct to make it through the day without starving to

death need and want might have similar definitions but they are often seen as

belonging to very different urges

what is a split infinitive? is it painful? will it leave a scar? well first of all

having a split infinitive is not an injury although it does sound like one

in English grammar we name a certain grammar error as a split infinitive an

infinitive in English grammar is the use of the word two with a verb while there

are no grammar rules that prohibit split infinitives many English experts

strongly disapprove of them an example of a split infinitive is the classic to

boldly go where no man has gone before the word boldly and go should be the

other way round it should read to go boldly where no man

has gone before in writing this looks more dramatic but when spoken the split

infinitive sounds better so while the use of a split infinitive is technically

incorrect you might only find the most pedantic English teachers picking you up

on it to pick someone up on something is to correct them by pointing out their mistake

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