Learn English Conversation | Native Speakers Make English Mistakes, Too

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Hey guys.
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How's it going today?
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My name is Brandon.
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And in this video we're gonna help improve your English speaking ability.
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I make mistakes and you probably make mistakes, too.
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But I make mistakes when I speak English and I'm a native speaker.
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I make many mistakes with pronunciation and grammar.
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And that's ok.
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Everyone makes mistakes when speaking and you can, too.
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So stick around and keep watching.
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Let's say you're playing tennis with an english-speaking friend and he says to you,
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“You play tennis good.”
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What?
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You know the sentence should be, “You play tennis well.”
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Is he wrong?
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Yes and no.
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In colloquial English, which is spoken English, “You play tennis good,” is okay.
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But in written English, which is more strict, the sentence must be,
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“you play tennis well.”
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So should you copy him?
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As an English teacher, I say, “no.”
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Go with what you learned in your book or what you learned in class.
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Let's talk about pronunciation.
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One word that I pronounce differently than everyone else is “Ask.”
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Is it wrong that I say it like that?
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“No.”
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You understand me.
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In this world there are many different English speakers with accents everywhere.
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The most important thing when speaking is if the receiver can understand you.
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In conclusion, native speakers make many mistakes.
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Those mistakes could be pronunciation or grammatical.
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What I want you to do is be better than us.
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Practice every day and learn so that you don't make the mistakes that we do.
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If you liked this video, make sure you like, comment, and subscribe.
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