Live English Writing Practice: 4 words most students get wrong

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Hello everybody.

I know this is an unusual time for me to run this English class on a Friday.

Normally I would do it for hours from now, but today I am heading off to a town called...

well, a city called Bristol.

Has anybody heard of the city Bristol in the U.K.? It`s on the other coast...

It`s on the west coast of England, in the south still but it`s on the west coast...

so I`m going to be driving over there.

It might take me around... 3 or 4 hours maybe to get there.

Because I`m going during rush hour, I`m going during rush hour.

This means the hour or the time period when the roads are most busy because people are going to...

or coming back from work.

So there`s a rush hour in the morning between 7:00 and 9:30...

and there`s a rush hour in the evening between usually 4:00 and 7:00.

It`s quite a busy period on the roads specially around the city, around London particularly

And specially on a Friday or a Monday, so going out of London on a Friday.

Because lots of people like to escape the city for the weekend so they go out to the countryside.

And lots of people like to come in to the city on a Sunday night or on a Monday morning...

because they`re coming back to work in the city during the week.

So I`m leaving at the worst possible time

So the traffic will probably be quite bad.

So probably will take me twice as long to get where I`m going.

I`m going to see some friend over there

so yeah, those of you, hi Mikhail

Mikhail is one of my moderators

he is going to be keeping everyone in check, making sure everyone`s nice...

and if you`re not nice you get kicked out.

Yes, I`m in London and I`m...I`m not from London I`m from England, I`m from the north of England.

But I`m in London now, and I`ll be driving from London to Bristol

So, that`s what I`m doing this weekend

What are you guys doing this weekend?

Hello in Azerbaijan

Hello in Thailand.

Hello in Afghanistan

Hello in Iraq

So, what are you doing this weekend?

Just break the ice a little bit, make sure to get everyone in here before we begin the lesson, now...

if you don´t know what the lesson is about today

well, you won´t know because I haven´t told you.

We´re covering 4 words, it`s going to be a very relaxed class today.

But we`re covering 4 words that my students regularly get wrong

So, words I regularly hear misused

And those words are...

Suggest

Recommend

Say

and Tell

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Hello in Korea

Giving a shoutout to you guys

Ok so, if you are here and you are experiencing nice, warm weather...

like we are here in London today then click the thumb up button

If you are here and you`re experiencing nice, warm weather...

like I`m today, the Sun is shining it`s a beautiful day, I feel inspired...

If you`re feeling inspired, if you`re feeling festive...for Easter perhaps.

Or you`re feeling happy just because the Sun is shining

or happy that we`re entering the Spring.

Happy because it`s the weekend

if you`re happy and the Sun is shining then click that thumbs up button...

because the Sun makes me very happy.

In fact if you want me to sing

I`m feeling like that I could sing, If you want me to sing, Facebook, hit the hearts

If you don`t want me to sing don`t hit the hearts. don`t hit anything...

but if you want me to sing hit the hearts and I might sing a little song.

Hello in Germany

Gutten tag

What else have we got?

Qatar, hello in Qatar, in the arabian peninsula.

Wow it`s 23 degrees where Snow Rass is

Hello in Morocco

Hello in Egypt

Ok, I have 1 heart, only one person wants me to sing

So perhaps I`ll sing

Hello in Vietnam, what have we got today over here?

So a viewer in the UK? Wonderful, so you`ll know how loved the weather is

Hello in Taiwan, Algeria

Czech Republic

I think there is a littble bit of a lag on Facebook comments, I can`t see what everyone is saying there

In Egypt is very warm, fantastic

I`ve got more people in Algeria, Vietnam, Indonesia, India

Marhaba, I don`t know what... I don`t know where that is, that place...

Hello with an "e", not hallo, hello...

Ooh, you want me to sing, people are saying they want me to sing

El Cairo, Indonesia

So, what could I sing? I could sing about the Sun, if we`re happy about the Sun...

I could sing about the Sun, I could sing... there`s a song that we have in the UK

Just a little song, it goes...

"The Sun has got his hat on..."

"Hip hip hip hooray!"

"The Sun has got his hat on and he`s coming out to play..."

I enjoy singing that one.

If the Sun isn´t shining though we could sing about the stormy weather

If we have stormy weather then we might sing...

"Don´t know why..."

"there`s no Sun up in the sky"

"Stormy weather..."

"since my man and I ain´t together."

"Keeps raining all the time..."

That`s one of my favourite songs, that`s "Stormy Weather"

quite an old song.

I`ve got a different cup today, my English mug is dirty and I didn´t have time to wash up

Ok, so...

got few of you in now, few of you on Facebook.

Not as many on Facebook

If any of you are here on Facebook and you´re...

excited about the lesson...

then why not hit the share button and help me to get these numbers up.

I don´t think people know about the lesson because we`re at a different time today.

So if you can hit the share button, so we have at least...

at least 20 people, it would be nice.

Then we´ll begin the lesson.

So like I said today it`s gonna be a very relaxed session

You know how I feel about rules...

about learning grammar rules, it`s really dull, I don´t think it helps that much.

So, what we`re going to do today is more about practice...

we`re going to do a lot of writing practice and...just practice putting these four words...

into use.

so...

so, I`m just trying very quickly

just trying very quickly share this..

share this with one or two groups so they know I`m here

then we get started...

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Ok, all right, let`s get started.

So... let`s talk about the first word, shall we?

The word "Tell"

So, I want you to write me a sentence using the word "Tell"

You can use it in any version, you can use any conjugation, so you can use...

"Telling"

You can use the past tense of "Tell",

you can use "Told"

So, "Tell", "Telling" or "Told"

I want you to write me a sentence using "Tell", "Telling" or "Told"

Obviously "Tell" is the pure version

"Will tell" you would use for the future

"Told" using the past

"Telling" is continous. it`s happening now, "Telling"

Great, so Max says "I won`t tell you my secret"

Very good Max.

Perfect!

Iazazak says "I told you to do that...at last the night"

You wouldn´t say "at the last night"

You`d say "last night"

"I told you to do that last night"

Jedrek says " Your classes are awesome, I can tell"

Good! Good!

Very nice. Obviously a nice sentence, but well well written.

"Could you tell me the time, please?

Very good, yes I could tell you the time, the time here is 2:20

Have we got anyone on Facebook writing me a sentence using the word "Tell"? Yes, I have

"Could you tell about your day...about your today activity?

"Could you tell me about your day`s activity?"

"Your day`s activity" "I`d like to tell you about my plans" Good!

"I just wanna tell you that is... it`s the most beautiful song I`ve ever listened to."

"...the most beautiful song I´ve ever listened to"

Now, good, some really good examples coming through here.

What`s important when we use the word "Tell" is that we include the person that is directed to...

Who do you tell.. "tell me, please tell me your name", "please tell me what you want"

"Please tell me how I get to..."

Iraq

"Please tell me what do you think of my necklace"

"Please tell me how can I learn English"

"Tell me" or "Please tell my brother that I didn´t break his toys"

"Please tell my mother not to worry"

"Please tell my students I am running late"

So you always have to have the person included in the sentence that you are telling to.

Good, so Abdul says "Tell me about your life, I told all my friends how gorgeous you are"

Oh, bless you.

Good, "I told all my friends", good.

Ok... if you use offensive words you will be blocked

so think carefully before you write inappropriate comments, thank you.

Let`s get back to the lovely students

Anna, can I tell you you`re beautiful

Thank you, yes you can... "tell me..."

"Tell me I`m..."

"Tell me I´m what is your number phone"

Ok, you got everything back to front there

You won´t use "I´m" in that sentence at all, you´d say "tell me what is your phone number"

"tell me what is your phone number" or "could you tell me your phone number?"

What else have we got?

"I already told you"

"Please tell me about your favourite music"

I was wondering to know how to speak English perfectly.

So...Jhaled on Youtube, Jhaled.

You would say, "could you tell me how to speak English perfectly?"

"Could you tell me how to speak English perfectly?"

Sarah I´m sorry, everytime I touch the phones it wobbles, I´m sorry.

You said "I told the camera moves and it`s a bit inconvenient", I`m sorry that the camera moves.

So Tom Donaldson "you´re tell me number phone"

Again like I said before "could you tell me your phone number?"

Let me see if I can make this more steady, hang on.

Look at lovely ceiling for a second

Lovely ceiling

It`s going to make this more steady for the people on Youtube.

Did you like the ceiling?

Always showing you my ceiling, don´t I?

There, hopefully that will help.

Ok so, "Tell"

So, let`s talk about...let`s practice "tell" in the past...

so we all get quite good of using "tell" for...for now "tell me"

"Could you tell me...?

"I want him to tell me...", "I want him to tell them..."

Let`s talk about "told" in the past.

"Yesterday, my teacher told me..."

so still use...you still say who is been told.

"Yesterday I told her not to water the garden"

Ok, let´s give you a time out

Yesterday...

"Yesterday I was told..." was directed to me

"not to walk on the grass"

"So I told you..."

Ok, let`s keep the messages nice guys so that I can read them out if they`re unpleasant

"I told you to pick up the laundry", good! perfect! perfect sentence.

"I told you to pick up the laundry

"If I had told you some bad words..."

"If I had told you some bad words I would ban..."

So Antonio it`s a good attempt

"If I had..." so you put a conditional in there...

You haven`t told me but if you had...

if I had told you something bad

something abusive

I`m gonna come away from that sentence because...

we would use the word "say" in that sentence instead.

If I said to you "If I said bad words then I would be banned"

Let`s just try and get some more...examples of "told" and then move on to "say"

"I told you to go back" Good!

"I told you to go back", so you might turn around to your dog and say...

"Hey I told you to go back into the garden"

So Khalil said

"A lot of English teachers say we do not need to learn grammar rules, is it true?"

That is my belief too, yes, and the reason...

it`s because a lot of English natives, a high majority of English natives do not know the grammar rules.

They obviously know subconsciously but they couldn`t tell you rules

They don`t know "rules" as they stand.

And also the problem with learning grammar rules in English is that there are so many exceptions...

it makes it very confusing

The best thing you can do, the absolute best thing you can do is just practice

Keep practicing and get used to hearing sentences and words in certain ways

If you listen a lot of English if you practice English

then eventually just like a child would learn a language eventually it becomes second nature...

and you have to think about it and you don´t have to think about rules

"I told you a little while ago that I appreciate what your doing with your videos" Excelent!

"I was told on Thursday." Perfect!

"He told me not to fly again". Perfect!

Good

You can also say "he told me that..."

you were ill"

So we use "that" quite often when we use "told"

"I was told that this plane won`t take off"

"I was told that the weather would be bad"

"I was told this lesson was happening later"

"I was told I have a terrible disease"

"I was told that they enjoy my English lesson"

Tom Donaldson says "I was told that I´m gonna bust a nut"

"I was told that I´m gonna bust a nut". That´s slang, yes

"I was told that I´m gonna bust a nut".

Ok

"Can I ask you something that is not related to the lesson?"

You can try but if I don´t think it`s relevant then I won´t respond, necessarily.

"I told you to bring your books" Good!

Please tell how I learn English language

"the" English language

Please tell how I learn the English language

How to solve British accent problems

Ali, go to my Instagram account British English Pro and practice everyday with my new pronunciation videos...

that I release daily.

Ok so, we talked about "told"

we can do "I was told that..." or we can remove "that" altogether

"I was told that I was unwell"

"I was told that I had a disease"

or "I was told I had a disease"

"I told them that they have to be home at 5:00"

"I told them they have to be home at 5:00"

It doesn´t matter if you decide to use "that" or not

It`s just something to be aware of.

Sometimes we use it sometimes we don´t.

Esteban says: "I´ve told my friends that the water is beautiful today in the UK"

Another mistake my students regularly make is...

most countries, when we say the countries it wouldn´t need an article.

We wouldn´t say "the Germany", "the France"... "the Egypt"

"the India", "the America"

But we do say "the" when we say "United Kingdom" "the United Kingdom", "the United States"

"the Ukraine" "the Isle of Wight"

So sometimes we do use "the" and it´s important if we`re talking always bad English in Great Britain...

the UK and we say "the UK", "the Ukraine", that`s right, "I live in the Ukraine"

"I live in the Ukraine"

I don´t know the logic that`s behind it, but please don´t worry why, don`t worry about why

just know that`s the case.

"Are you sure we just say the Ukraine?" Yes.

If speaking in English we´d say "I live..." you wouldn´t say "I live Ukraine"

for us that`s doesn´t sound right, we say "I live in the Ukraine" "I work in the Ukraine"

"I´ve never said the Ukraine". Are you English?

most countries...

well I mean, when we´re talking about, apart from...

so we say the Ukraine. "I live in the Ukraine"

"I live in the United Kingdom"

"I live in the United States of America"

"I live on the Isle of Wight"

"... in the Caribbean"

Trying to think other ones that have "the" in front of them.

You wouldn´t say "the Google", no.

You just say "Turkey" so most other countries you wouldn´t need to put "the" in front of it. Ok?

"I live in Sweden"

You could say "I live in the kingdom of Sweden"

"I live the Kingdom" but it`s "The kingdom" it´s got "the" before it, "I live in the kingdom of Sweden."

Ok alright, I´m gonna move on from this one now

So we´ve talked about "tell" and "told"

"Telling" is pretty much the same. "I´m telling you..." I´m telling him."

I am

am

It´s something that is happening now.

or it`s a continous in the past "I was telling him"

So it`s something it was happening at that time

"I was telling him while I was washing up that he never washes up"

"I´m telling you now how to use tell"

Now, the biggest problem is that people mix up "say" and"tell"

"Tell" generally if you want rules...generally... is to pass information...

to communicate

"Say" is more specific about the words that were given

So, "tell" and "says" mean to communicate but "say" is used when we´re being more specific in general.

" I´m going to tell you some information about myself but I`ll say my name"

"I said my name is Anna" "I told you my name"

It`s very confusing but generally we use "say" when it`s very specific

Let`s practice using "say"

So give me a sentence using "say", "said" or "saying", let´s get this ball rolling.

Give me a sentence using "say", "said" or "saying"

Ok the comments seem to be very slow on Facebook, I´m not sure why.

Some of you are having problems with hearing me

If you can hear me on Facebook can you just tell me you can hear me or give me thumbs up, loves, whatever

so that I know that you´re hearing me.

Ok, cool.

"Please say my name." Good!

"She said that love is a lie." Good!

"What did you just say?" Good!

"She said that you´re gorgeous." Good!

"I say you my name is Anne."

Now, that sentence isn´t correct, it should be "I told you... I told you"

There´s few reasons why that´s wrong, one of the main reasons is "I say you..."

If you´re gonna say "you" then we need to put it in the past and we need to add "to"

So "I said.." in the past "I said to you my name is Anne"

But it´s better to say "I told you..."

"I told my name is Anne"

"I said that Carlton would lose and what I´m saying is true"

"You said my name was Jeff" Good!

"He said he want to go home." He said he wants, with an "s" on the end

"He said he wants to go home"

"I said that earlier today"

"I saying me want to say in English tomorrow" John that doesn´t make sense.

You wouldn´t say...if you`re talking to yourself, if you`re not talking to anyone...

You´d say "I said to myself..." "I said to myself..."

or " I tell myself.."

"I tell myself everyday I can do it"

"I say to myself every morning...

come on, you can do it"

"I tell myself..." "I say to myself..."

So, usually when we use "to", sorry

usually when we use "say"...

whoever we´re directing to, we have to add the word "to" afterwards.

"I say to you.." "I say to them..." "I say to him..."

"I said to them..."

"I will say to you again..." we should use "to" after "say"

and then the person who we`re directing to.

I´m saying to you that you should write a sentence using "say"

"I say to him again."

"You say me told"

That confuses me, I´m not sure what you´re saying with that sentence

"I said on my own." Is that correct?

Jema, it`s depends on the context, " I say on my own" if you mean "I say to myself.."

that´s correct.

"I will say to myself.." Good. "I told you´re a charmer or you´re charmed.

you´re charmed.

Are you going to do a video about Scottish accent? Yes, I am.

Say my name is Jeff in Mexican accent

I can´t do a Mexican accent, if you´re actually asking me to do that, that´s a good sentence.

"I said to my boss that I should be promoted" Perfect!

"Could you tell me your phone number?" That`s a good use of the word "tell"

"It´s just a saying". Good!

"He said to me I am the associate of the king" Good!

If it´s a little bit confusing to say " I said to myself.." It feels more like "I told myself..."

that I can do it", both are absolutely fine

"I tell myself, I tell myself I can do it"

"I say to myself I can do it"

If it is in the past "I told myself", I said to myself"

"I say to myself every morning" "I tell myself every morning"

They´re interchangeable in that respect.

I know it´s confusing.

When do you use "saying"? So saying it´s continous

So I am saying.

For example you might say...

If you´re listening to your teacher give a lesson but you missed it or you can´t understand...

you might say to your friend "what is he saying?"

"What´s the teacher saying?"

Or you might say, " I´m saying we have to go now"

It´s just a case of explaining exactly what is being told.

I´m saying that this is how we use the word "say"

But also obviously "saying" can, "saying" can be used differently.

We have a saying, it can be used as a noun, we have a saying.

But we don´t have a "telling"

We have a saying but we don´t have a "telling"

Let´s have a look at some idioms that use the word "say"

Let´s change this up a little bit

So one idiom that is quite good we use regularly is "It does exactly what it says on the tin"

I haven´t got my chalk board to hand, someone could write this down for me, that´d be great.

"It does exactly what it says on the tin"

This means that it´s clear, it´s plain.

I can´t think of an example.

If you have. if you buy a...

If you buy a woolly winter jumper and... I can´t think of an example.

"It does exactly what it says on the tin"

Let me see if I can find an example

That makes it really clear

Ok so for example, If I book into a hotel that´s really cheap and it´s a budget hotel...

It´s a hotel, it´s really cheap but it promises that it will give you a bed to sleep in...

a roof of your head and washing up facilities and a toilet.

You could say...

You could say "it´s not the nicest hotel but it does exactly what is it says on the tin"

It does exactly what it says on the tin.

Yes I am from the UK, for that person who just asked

If I am from the UK, I am English

Great thank you Cass, so...

let´s have a look at some other...

If you´re planing to just say a few things, if someone, if someone is giving a...

maybe it´s a funeral, or a wedding, or a meeting or some sort of gathering...

you might say "excuse me I´m just going to say a few words, say a few words"

Or someone might phone you and say "if you´re coming to the wedding, do you mind saying a few words?"

"do you mind saying a few words?"

And this means, do you mind getting up and giving a little bit of speech.

So say a few words.

You might hear people talking about...

"say that to my face."

Of course you speak to someone´s face, generally, unless you speak over the phone.

But if you´re going to use this it´s usually because someone has been talking behind your back.

So someone´s been talking about you. usually unpleasant, they´ve been saying nasty things about you..

and you might turn around to them and say "say that to my face"

It´s very confrontational

"say that to my face"

Ooh, here´s a good one...

"She wouldn´t say boo to a goose"

A goose it´s like a large bird, very large, they usually are a little bit vicious, you have to be careful with a goose...

and they lay eggs

When I was a child I was scared at them because they´re vicious

Yes, a goose it´s kind of like a duck but much bigger

more like a swan

So if somebody wouldn´t say boo to a goose it means that they´re very timid

They are a very shy person who wouldn´t speak out loud to most people so they wouldn´t cause a problem...

they wouldn´t have an argument

they wouldn´t stand up for themselves

the wouldn´t say boo to a goose

I love that one actually

Sometimes, you´d be talking, telling a story, maybe giving some facts...

so someone might go "you don´t say"

"you don´t say"

Now this can either be sarcastic, meaning...

that you´re telling something that´s obvious "oh, really", it´s like doing that.

really is that true honestly?...

Because you´re telling something really really obvious.

Sometimes is genuine like "I don´t believe it

"Wow, you don´t say"

"you don´t say" it´s like saying to, I am seeing my family and I am going see my auntie...

that I haven´t seen for a long time ago

Do you know I´m going to an University, you don´t say, really?

So it´s just an expression, sometimes it can be sarcastic, sometimes it can be genuine...

surprised and pleased reaction.

So look at the person and listen to their tone to understand whether they´re being sarcastic...

or whether they´re being genuine.

"You don´t say" sarcastic

"You don´t say" it´s probably, hopefully genuine

Do young people use it as well?

I guess I´m not that young

I think so, maybe not as often as older people.

Someone´s saying "why don´t you answer my questions?"

Because I only see 3 comments at a time and they keep moving really fast every time someone says something.

They just move and I´ve got 2 screens with Facebook and Youtube

and so if I don´t answer your questions it´s nothing personal, it´s just I haven´t seen it, ok?

Whats the difference between "I say to you" and "I told you"

"I told you" is the past. right? "I told you"

"I told you you shouldn´t do it"

"I say to you" it´s happening right now

"I say to you don´t go, don´t do it"

So, that´s talking about very pure terms, "I told you" is the past, "I say to you"...

You wouldn´t use them interchangeably

If you´d use "I say to you" meaning in the past then you would have to say "I say to you everyday"

and then if you´re gonna purely in the past then you have to use "said" "I said to you" "I told you"

"I said to you" and "told you" are exactly the same

"Say no more" and on and on, good! "say no more " it´s another phrase that we use

"Say no more", it literally means you don´t need to say anything else I understand.

You don´t need to say anything else I understand

Say no more

So if I come to you and say "please could you help me I got a really bad day...

I need a lift, I need a lift home, I had a really bad day, I´ve just been at the hospital, my father is not very well."

You might say "Anna, say no more, get in the car come on, let´s go"

It means you completely understand the situation, you´re on board, you understand.

Say no more, really good thank you for that suggestion.

Let´s have a look at some idioms that use "tell"

So children regularly will say "I´m going to tell on you"

if someone tells on you it means that getting you into trouble

you into trouble, you´ve done something you probably shouldn´t have done

and the other person it´s going to go and tell whoever is an authority

Ok, I´m gonna remove this unpleasant comments that are coming through here

We don´t tolerate any racist comment, thank you very much

"I´m going to tell on you" and if it happens yesterday you could say "why did you tell on me?

"My friend told on me, I don´t like it when you tell on me"

Lots of nasties today, are we?

Don´t feed the trolls

We´re going to tell on the trolls, that´s what we´re gonna do, we´re going to tell on the trolls...

and get them kicked out

Do you know how to tell the time?

Tell the time means, do you know how to communicte the time, do you know how to tell the time?

Just trying to find some decent ones

You might say "I can´t tell them apart",

"I can´t tell them apart" can someone write this down for me? "I can´t tell them apart"

This means that you can´t see the difference, so you might say "I met some twins yesterday...

I can´t tell them apart", so I can´t see the difference

I couldn´t say what was different about them, I can´t tell them apart

I can´t tell them apart

ok

And usually when we´re talking about truth, when we´re asking someone to give us the truth...

we´d say "could you tell the truth, please?"

"I need you to tell me the truth"

Just tell the truth

We rarely say "say the truth" we don´t say that, say the truth.

Although that´s not bad we say "tell the truth"

tell the truth

The truth is what is true, what is real, what is fact.

What is true, it is true that I was born in England.

It is true that I´m English

It is true that I´m teaching you right now

Ok, so tell the truth

tell the truth, what´re you doing?

Tell the truth, who brought my English mug?

Tell the truth, why are you learning English? Tell the truth

One more phrase before I move on is "you never can tell", "you never can tell"

This means, you never can tell

it´s hard to know

you...how do I explain this?

you never can tell when the weather is going to change

you might say that

you never can tell

the weather just changes, it´s something you can´t predict.

You never can tell, you never can tell when is going to have a tantrum

You never can tell when the car will break down

you never can tell

You never can tell with him

you never can tell if he`s going to be nice or if he´s going to be in a bad mood

I never can tell if my students think I talk too fast or if I talk too slow

Ok so let´s move on, so we talked about "say", we talked about "tell"

Now we´re going to talk about the word "recommend"

"Recommend"

So, what I want you to do is, I want you to write me a sentence using the word "recommend"

Facebook, your comments are super slow

I mean it´s hardly anyone in here, maybe it´s the time of day

but I want you to write me a sentence using the word "recommend"

Ok so, we got a couple here

Ok great, Jay says "I´d recommend this channel to anyone who is trying to learn English." Perfect sentence

Well done!

Bruno says "I recommend you to keep with the live class"

Ok so, Bruno that sentence should be "I recommend you keep with the live classes"

loose the "to" or "I recommend that you keep with the live classes"

"I recommend for you care" that´s not correct.

"I truly recommend that book." Very good, perfect!

"I recommend you eating that pizza" that would work it´d be better to say "I recommend that you eat that pizza"

"I recommend you eat that pizza"

"I recommend that you teach us politeness form"

It would be better to say "I recommend you teach us manners"

"I recommend the brownish one", choosing shoes "the brownish one"

When choosing shoes, you choose a pair so "the brown ones" "I recommend the brown ones"

because it´s a pair

"I had recommended to my friends the new film yesterday" Very good"

"I recommend you to eat Arabian food"

We don´t use "to" again, "I recommend you eat Arabian food" I recommend you eat Arabian food.

So, with "recommend"

We recommend a thing, we recommend a place, an event, a noun

we recommend a noun

so I recommend

Is it always a noun?

"I recommend this tea"

"I recommend pizza, I recommend this restaurant"

"I recommend this cake, I recommend this show"

"I recommend this place"

When you´re making a recommendation to somebody, if you´re making a suggestion to me

then what you don´t say is "I recommend you

because what you´re doing is you´re recommending...me.

So you´re suggesting me

So if I want to say to you that you should eat this pizza, bacause this pizza is the best.

I would say "I recommend that... I recommend that you try this pizza"

So what we do is that we usually use "that" and then a clause

so "that" and then something "I recommend that you go to the shops"

"I recommend that you try the new bread"

"I recommend that you go to Holland"

"I recommend that you learn English"

"I recommend British English"

Yes you could say that

Let´s try using, making a sentence using that, great...

"I recommend you should eat pizza" Perfect

Those of you writing in a foreign language I can´t read it so I can´t help you

If you try writing in English that´ll...maybe get a response

"I recommend UK"

"I recommend the UK", remember what we say before "I recommend the UK"

"I recommend the UK stays in the EU", so European Union also we use "the"

"I recommend the UK stays in the EU." I agree.

"I recommend that you eat pizza in a restaurant"

"I don´t recommend buying a cup of tea..."

"buying a cup that carries Foxy Lady"

"that says"

So there you go, you have 2 of the words that we covered.

"I don´t recommend buying a cup that says Foxy Lady"

Coreen says "Is it correct to pronounce better with a glottal T? Some said it´s wrong

In which word? In "better"

/betə/, /betə/, /beʔə/... beʔə is very regional so a Cockney might say /beʔə/

"Itz beʔə" (It´s better) If speaking normal standard English Coreen then say /betə/

/betə/ "itz betə". It´s better to use your "T´s"

"I recommend that you shop instead"

"I recommend you to not take my recommendations seriously"

"I recommend you don´t take my recommendations seriously"

So...regularly we use "recommend that" or you can recommend to someone

"I recommend to you this fabulous pizza" we keep coming back to pizza, it´s making me hungry

"I recommended to my family that a new restaurant just opened up"

"I recommended to my students this wonderful book"

Or you´d say what you´re recommending after recommend

"I recommend..."

"I recommend pizza to the whole world"

"I recommend Bella Italia restaurants"

"I recommend Bella Italia restaurant, it´s a great place"

Now "suggest" is another word, "suggest" is very similar to "recommend"

I make a recommendation, I make a suggestion.

"May I make a suggestion?" is a phrase we use a lot.

So if you´re saying "I don´t know what to eat tonight" "I don´t know what to do" "should I eat Italian?"

"Should I try Mc Donalds? I don´t know", and I might say "excuse me, can I make a suggestion?"

"Can I make a suggestion? There´s a great little Indian restaurant at the end of the road..."

you should definitely go there, I recommend it"

Yeah so, I want to make a suggestion

So Jhaled you said, "I suggest that to sign for the new company"

That´s not correct, I´m not quite sure what are you trying to say

So again with "suggest" we would use "that" we could use "that" "I suggest that..."

"I suggest that you go" so you use the person and then a verb

"I suggest that you stop" "I suggest that you buy this"

"I suggest that you try that" "I suggest that we go there"

"I suggested that we go home" "I suggested that you eat Indian food" Thank you, very good

"May I make a suggestion?. Yes you may" "I suggest that you go and see that new movie" Perfect

"I suggest you try that" Good

The video keeps freezing all the time, Facebook if my video keeps freezing I do apologise

it´ll be my dodgy wi-fi

"I suggest that.." no, it´s not right

"I suggest that you..." so you need the person "I suggest that you sign the contract for this company"

It´s what you should say

Someone asks me "what languages do I speak?" I don´t speak any other language fluently

I don´t speak any other language fluently, I speak many languages a tiny little bit

I speak a bit of Spanish as well but I don´t speak any other language fluently

"I suggest you make..." so person and then verb, never use infinitive after "suggest that"

or "suggest you", you never say "to make" or "to do"

"I suggest you do..." "I suggest you make..." "I suggest you have..." "I suggest you be yourself..."

So you wouldn´t say "I suggest you to be..." "I suggest you to make"

so "I suggest you make videos about question tags"

"I suggest you more travelling" "I suggest you do..." you need the verb "I suggest you do..."

"I suggest that you do more travelling"

"I suggest you visit my country"

"I suggest that you change your internet connection" Yes, yes, I need to but this isn´t my house.

and I don´t... my landlord looks after all the connections

he looks after the water, the gas, the electric and the internet

and I asked for it to be upgraded many times but it can´t happen yet

so unfortunately I can´t do anything about it

"I suggest you pay the rent", yes definitely.

"Please recommend me the lipstick you use" or "please tell me what lipstick you use"

or "recommend a good lipstick"

I´m using MAC lipstick

"I suggest that you try to open the window" Perfect!

Ok good, alright guys time is getting on so I´m going to make a suggestion

that you check out some of the other videos that I released only today...

I released 2 videos today "The Bitesize Business English" video nº 7

because I´m doing one everyday for the next few weeks at least

and I released a video all about English traditions around Easter in the UK

Ok UK

So I suggest that you go and take a look at those videos and tell me what you think

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