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Hello. This is Jack from tofluency.com.
Yesterday, I did a live lesson and
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somebody asked me a question: they asked
me: how do you use make sure? Okay, make
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sure. And I think this person asked me this maybe because I use this a lot during my
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lessons. I say things like: make sure
you're using the right methods; make sure
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;you download my book
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make sure you subscribe if you are new.
And this means take the necessary action
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to be sure that you do something. So, it
means to take that action; to do what you
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need to do in order to do what I'm
talking about.
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Now, I am using it in the imperative: make
sure. But it is quite informal at times -
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it all depends on the context. Now, it can
be quite strong in certain situations.
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For example, a teacher can say to a
student: make sure you never do that
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again - with maybe angrier intonation: make
sure you never do that again.
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So, in this case, it's stronger. But the
way I use it in my videos is not that
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strong, but I want to be certain that you
do something. Now we can also use make
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sure in a different way. Here's an exampl:
I'm texting you to make sure that you
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got my invitation. I'm texting you to
make sure that you got my invitation.
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Now, in this case, I'm checking to be sure
of something - I'm checking to be certain
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of something. Now, we use this a lot in
English - here's a great example as well...
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imagine that you have a contract with a
telephone company but you want to cancel
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that contract. So, you call the company
and you say, "Hey, I want to cancel my
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contract." And they say, "Okay,
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it's going to be cancelled within the
next five days." What you can do is call
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the company after five days and say, "Hey,
I'm calling to make sure that you
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canceled my contract."
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I'm calling to make sure that you
canceled my contract. So, you're calling
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to be certain of something - you're
calling to check on the situation. What I
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want you to do now is to leave an
example below using this. So, just use any
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example using make sure and if you're
new here make sure that you subscribe to
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this channel. If you're watching on
Facebook, then you like this page.
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Thank you for watching. Please share it
with anyone who would find it useful and
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I'll see you in the next lesson.
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