hi there I'm Drew Badger the world
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this important video we're going to
cover five useful English Fluency Bits if
you've never heard of English Fluency
Bits
this is something important I teach that
native speakers use for a number of
reasons these are really phrases that
native speakers use to either sound a
bit more conversational or to sound more
intelligent and they can also form as
advanced sentence connectors one
important thing to note with English
fluency bits is a function like idioms
as it's a complete phrase you should be
using but at the same time an idiom is
something that maybe you won't really
understand the meaning of without having
someone teach it to you
so I've given the example before up to
kick the bucket which means to die but
there is nothing about that sentence
that gives you a clue about its meaning
in english fluency bit on the other hand
you might have to learn more of these
but the meaning is quite
self-explanatory you can understand what
the meaning is just by looking at the
words and they're fairly easy to
understand but if you can learn to use
them and add them to your sentences they
really add a lot of color and flavor and
make your sentences sound a lot more
native will begin by taking the word
without which you can just use in
regular conversations and will replace
this with the English fluency bit in the
absence of in the absence of now these
two things in the absence of and without
mean exactly the same thing but one of
them sounds a bit more educated again
you can use both of these instances it
doesn't really matter but if you want to
sound a bit more educated especially if
you're writing or any academic or
professional situation in the absence of
is a great way of sounding a bit more
native instead of using without let's go
over an example without a great plan we
won't be able to build the company
without a great plan we won't be able to
build the company we can make this sound
a lot more native and conversational if
we say in the absence of a great plan
we won't be able to build the company in
the absence of a great plan
we won't be able to build the company
again all we're doing is taking
something that native speakers would use
like without but we're making it sound a
bit more educated and even
conversational at the
same time in the absence of in the
absence of our next English fluency bit
is correct me if I'm wrong correct me if
I'm wrong
this is something that native speakers
will use at the beginning of sentences
when they're trying to get more
information about something or maybe
they want to offer an opinion but do it
in a more kind of a gentle way
so instead of saying you are incorrect
maybe they're asking for maybe a bit
more help about something to understand
something and they will begin a sentence
with correct me if I'm wrong so you can
begin a sentence with correct me if i'm
wrong and then we go into the sentence
correct me if I'm wrong but don't you
need an umbrella if you're going out in
the rain so maybe you see someone walk
outside and it's rainy and you're saying
hey you should take your umbrella
don't you need an umbrella when you're
going out in the rain so correct me if
I'm wrong just means maybe I'm making
mistakes I don't want to be too forceful
with what I'm saying but at the same
time I want to give my opinion or ask
again just to make sure I understand
everything so correct me if I'm wrong
correct me if I'm wrong
our next English fluency bit is just to
clarify listen carefully to how this
blend just to clarify again we've got
the tea from just and the two from to
we've got just to clarify so we only use
one of these sounds just to clarify just
to clarify and to clarify something
means to make it clear or obvious or
understood so just to clarify could you
please explain a bit more about what you
want to do some asking for someone else
to help me understand something but it's
also quite sneaky way in a conversation
to ask someone maybe to restate
something or to give them the
opportunity to rephrase or even really
explain it too often in conversations
it's very easy to say you are incorrect
you are wrong or I disagree with what
you're saying but if you ask someone so
just to clarify and you restate what
they said back to you maybe in a
slightly different way they might see
the error in their logic and it's not so
embarrassing
so if you're trying to get other people
to do what you want them to do and
they're giving you an idea about
something so just to clarify
did you really want to wear shoes on
your
it you really think that's a good idea
is that what you're asking us to do just
to clarify just to clarify next instead
of using towel which is perfectly fine
in a conversation you can say the way in
which the way in which as an example I
might say I like how they designed this
building
I like how they designed this building
or i could say i like the way in which
they designed this building
we're saying the exact same thing but by
using the English fluency bit the way in
which we found much more educated and
intelligent again again again there are
always multiple ways of saying things
and you really are expressing the exact
same idea but the way you sound is
really important and if you choose the
right words that will impress other
native speakers as well as just you make
you sound more intelligent in general
the way in which the way in which and
finally instead of just using consider
the verb to consider you can say to take
into account to take something into
account as an example I might say
considering we don't have much training
it's probably not a good idea to climb
the mountain today considering we don't
have much training is probably not a
good idea to climb the mountain today
now instead of saying consider I could
say taking into account that we don't
have much training we probably shouldn't
climb the mountain today these are both
again the exact same thing you can
consider something or you can take it
into account but it does sound much more
native and natural when you can take
something into account
well I hope you take all of these
English fluency bit into account that
you do consider using them that you take
them into account when you're in your
conversations and actually try using
them the more you can practice with
these and you can begin by using them in
your writing or if you're texting
someone try using them but remember to
be appropriate for the situation English
fluency bits are most useful for
academic and professional situations
although you can use them in everyday
sense but try to tailor your language or
try to use the right language for the
right situation and again if you're at
McDonalds or whatever you don't need to
try to sound overly intelligent but in a
professional situation you can
definitely
use these and people will really be
impressed with the way you speak and
finally if you'd like to learn more
English fluency bit as well as many
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