Hello everyone. This is Minoo at Anglo-link. Welcome to Lesson 1 in my
series which I've called 'EZEE', and that stands for 'Easy to Zap English Errors'. As
the title suggests, this series is about making you familiar with common mistakes
that are easy to make but also easy to zap or eliminate. Before we start, I just
want to say that, for me, if you want to improve your English easily, your first
goal should be to become more confident about your English. If you set yourself
the goal of speaking English perfectly or speaking English like a native
speaker too soon, you may create too much stress for yourself and actually block
your own progress. English is a rich and complex language, and it is even
difficult for a native speaker to master it fully. So, please give yourself time
and be kind to yourself when you make mistakes. So, what I want to do in this
series is to show you that the mistakes you may be making come from the
complexity of the English language and also show you how to correct them
yourself. This ability to detect and correct your own mistakes is essential
for building up your confidence, which then enables you to improve your English
more easily and rapidly. Okay! For this first lesson, I've chosen something very
basic but a mistake that many of us make. We have learned that if a word starts
with a vowel letter, that is A, E, I, O, or U, we must use the indefinite article 'an'
instead of 'a', and that 'a' only goes before consonants. Well, that's not the whole
story. Let's look at this in more detail and then do some exercises to get rid of
any potential mistakes related to this.
Okay! That's all for Lesson 1. I hope it's been helpful to you. If this point
was new to you, please make sure you do the exercises several times until you
have built a quick reflex in choosing 'a' or 'an'. If you have enjoyed this lesson and
would like to be notified when my next EZEE lesson is available, please make
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watching this lesson. I hope you've enjoyed it and I look forward to seeing
you in my next lesson. Happy studies to you all, and goodbye for now!