hi there I'm Drew Badger the world's number
one English Fluency Guide and in this
video we're going to cover five of the
most dangerous grammar mistakes that
both native and non-native English
speakers make the grammar points will
focus on in this video are incredibly
important because they are so common in
everyday situations whether people make
these five mistakes in their writing or
they're speaking they reduce the
credibility of the person making them
and when people see or hear these
mistakes they will wonder if you're
competent and prepared for a job even
native speakers will make some grammar
errors in there speaking and writing
from time to time but it's the hope that
with this video I can prevent you from
making these top five most dangerous one
number five who vs that now this is
often used when we're describing maybe a
person a place or thing and then we want
to give more information about that
person as an example i am a man who
likes soup i am a man who likes soup or
she is a woman who likes going to
restaurant
these are both examples where i'm using
who correctly and we're using who
because i'm talking about a person you
will hear native speakers say she's the
woman that likes to go to restaurants or
i'm a person that likes to do things in
a certain way and i'm using that
incorrectly here when you're talking
about a person you would use who and
when you're talking about a thing or a
place or an animal you would use that so
this is the cat that I got yesterday
this is the dog that I found on the
street this is the dog that I found on
the street he is the guy who likes to
exercise number for mayor and their
first of all these two have the same
pronunciation there there one is talking
about they are it's a contraction and
the second one is talking about their as
a possessive whenever you're using a
contraction and you want to know if
you're using it correctly just make the
full sentence they are on the hill where
they are playing with a kite
they are playing with a kite so they are
becomes their I'm contracting this
they're playing with the kite they're
playing with the kite now if i want to
talk about the possessive i can say
their car is very nice their car their
car
i'm talking about the possession of
something and in that case we would use
their their keep these in mind
especially for your writing because when
you're using them in conversations you
can't hear a difference between the two
words number three your your this is one
of those differences where we've got the
same sound for the word but just like
there and they're one of them is a
contraction of you are and the other is
a possessive and using the same
technique we use for the previous there
and they're all you have to do is see
what the sentences like if you're not
trying to contract it you are very happy
you are very happy becomes your very
happy you're very happy for your very
sad you're very sad but the possession
form is your is this your bag is this
your bag
we can't make this bigger and say is
this you are bag is this you are back it
doesn't make any sense
so when you try to expand it doesn't
work so you should use your is this your
bag is this your bag number to it and it
this is another tricky one for some
people because it's the opposite of what
you might expect as an example it is
very hot it is very hot so we're using
it is but if we want to contract that we
can make that it's very hot
it's very hot now in this sense we're
not using the possessive we're talking
about it so that the apostrophe is still
there but this is because we're
contracting the sense not because we're
making a possessive it's it the other
form is its when we are talking about
the possessive i could say the cat's
collar is very nice or I could say it's
collar is very nice i'm talking about
the possessive but I'm not contracting
anything so it becomes one word by
itself it it
this one is tricky but again when you're
trying to decide which one to use write
the full sentence out without any
contractions and see what happens and
number one I vs me this is really the
most dangerous thing that people can
make a mistake doing because it really
is a basic grammar point that everybody
should be understanding but so many
people even native speakers missing
Stan but i'll give you a really quick
way to check if you're using it properly
in your writing and that will help
develop your understanding for your
speaking as well whenever you have a
sentence where you're talking about two
people like he and I went to the store
he and I went to the store you're
talking about two people using yourself
as well if you eliminate the other
person how does the sentence sound so he
and I went to the store can become i
went to the store now that becomes a
correct sentence it's still correct
whether it's he and I or I by myself now
if I'm talking about that in the same
way if i say he and me went to the store
if I just remove the key then it becomes
me went to the store and we wouldn't use
that so this is a check you can use
about whether you should be using I or
me
my mother gave a box to my brother and I
now we can use the same rule and try it
again to see if i make sense in this
situation
my mother gave a box to I my mother gave
a box to I it doesn't really some right
so we would say my mother gave a box to
meet so going back to the original
sentence
my mother gave a box to my brother and
me if you're ever unsure about which to
use take out the other person or people
from the situation and see how the
sentence sounds to ensure you're using
all of these things correctly in your
conversations you have to begin using
them well in your writing so right now
in the comments section below this video
write a sentence for each one of these
grammar points and write it correctly
just go back and make sure that you're
using everything correctly by checking
the rules I've taught you in this video
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hesitation i look forward to seeing you
in English anyone calm and i'll see you
in the next video bye bye