Pay and Prepositions: Learn English With Simple English Videos
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Yes?
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I’d like to return this sweater.
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Do you have the receipt?
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No, I’m sorry.
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I lost it.
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Did you pay by credit card?
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No, I paid cash.
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Then I’m sorry.
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I can’t help you.
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But I just bought it this morning.
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This lesson’s about the verb 'pay' and the
prepositions that go with it.
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So pay attention!
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We’re going to fix a common mistake.
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Twenty five dollars?
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Ooooo pizza!
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Yes, come and have some, Kathy.
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Who bought it?
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Well, I ordered it.
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And I paid for it.
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Thanks Jay.
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I paid $25.
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I ordered extra toppings.
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You know, I paid the pizza guy last week too.
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Do you want us to contribute?
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Oh there's no need.
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He’s already paid for it.
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OK.
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So we can pay an amount, we can pay a person
and we can just pay.
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But notice we pay for something that we buy.
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Remember that.
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Pay for something.
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So we pay someone an amount but we pay for
something that we buy.
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Do you want to split this?
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No, no, I’ll pay for it.
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Ah, thank you very much.
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It was a beautiful meal.
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When we’re talking about a currency, we
say pay in.
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So in dollars, in pesos, in rubles, in euros.
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How much is that?
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10 Euros.
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Oh, can I pay in dollars?
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Err no, we only accept Euros.
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Oh, that's OK.
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And when we’re talking about a method of
payment, we say by.
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That’s ten euro’s please.
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Oh, can I pay by credit card?
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Err, no.
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I’m sorry.
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Oh that's OK.
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I can pay in cash.
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So it’s by credit card, by cheque, by phone,
by PayPal…
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But cash is a little different.
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You can say ‘by cash’ or ‘in cash'.
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And you can also skip the preposition and
just say cash.
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Did you pay by credit card?
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No, I paid cash.
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Then I’m sorry.
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I can’t help you.
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But I just bought it this morning.
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OK, I have a question for you.
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Imagine you’re in a pub and you’re offering
to get some drinks.
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Would you say 'I’ll pay for the drinks'
or 'I’ll pay the drinks.'
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Which one?
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It’s the first one.
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The second one is wrong.
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You can’t say that.
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You pay for something that you buy.
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Great!
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So now you know the prepositions to use with
pay!
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