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I'm friends I'm Rachna and I'm back with
another interesting lesson so if I asked
you who is the nicest actor in the world
or should I ask you who is the most
nicest actor in the world
so is it nicest or most nicest well
according to me it is nicest but I don't
know why a lot of people say the most
nicest and this is what today's lesson
is about using wrongly used English
phrases so people use common phrases or
you know phrases that you use on a daily
basis incorrectly
yeah and it is important to use English
phrases correctly especially those that
you use on daily basis right so let's
take a look at the first one return back
revert back and reply back now often I
receive emails from my clients stating
that I will revert back in the next
three days or a lot of people say if I
ask a friend of mine now when are you
returning from a holiday
she says I'm returning back on the
second so returning back reverting back
replying back ok I'll reply back later
now friends I need to tell you something
that words like to return revert and
reply already have the essence of back
so when you say revert it means you're
going to answer ok you're going to
return with an answer so you needn't use
back now this is the most common error
people make so remember when you use
these words that already have the
essence of back to not use reply back to
not use revert back do not use return
back just use the word without back ok
so that's the first common mistake
people make the second one is most
essential now the word essential
is an adjective okay now this adjective
means something that's basic like food
clothing and shelter are essential needs
of a human being but you don't say most
essential so remember when you use the
word essential it is it stands alone you
did need not use qualifiers like much
more or most okay so avoid using this
essential is an adjective that stands
alone and it means basic so you needn't
use any qualifiers the next one is the
most happiest that's what I said at the
start of the lesson so should we say the
most nicest actor or the nicest actor
now I'm going to tell you why do we use
only nicest now happy is an adjective it
describes a state of feeling good or
being in a good state happy is the
positive form comparative is happier and
the superlative is the happiest that
means it's the highest form of the
adjective so if I say I'm the happiest
lady in the world that means there is no
one who is happier than I am right so it
is already in the superlative okay you
do not use most so we have who's the
nicest actor and the happiest lady in
the world now you may be wondering that
we do use most with some adjectives in
the superlative degree yes friends we do
but that is only when the adjective does
not run into a comparative or
superlative degree I'll give you an
example I can say Sandra is the
prettiest girl in the class
I needn't say most-produced because it's
already in the superlative you have
pretty prettier prettiest now if I want
to use the adjective beautiful we do not
say beautiful beautiful er and beautiful
list because it does not change its form
so what we do is we take help of most so
you have beautiful more beautiful most
beautiful so when an adjective is
stubborn and it does not change you add
more and most to change its form in the
comparative and superlative respectively
so remember this has already gone in the
superlative you do not add most okay
so I'll give you another example so if I
ask you if you are unwell and vascular
say I'm better today but because I March
better today but you're better right
from good to better so do not add these
qualifiers they only come when the
adjective does not change its form well
the next one is god of scotch free okay
so it's not Scotch scotches alcohol it
is scot-free okay so if you get off
scot-free it means that you've done
something wrong and you have escaped
paying without paying a price and it's
like you know he got away with blue
murder that kind of a thing so imagine
if you have not met your deadline and
you still got leave and you've got to go
on a vacation that means you have got
off not scot-free but scot-free okay so
you've escaped without paying a price so
a lot of people use scot-free
it is not scot-free remember and Scotch
is never free that is one thing but get
off scot-free
fine so the word is Scott and not Scott
let's see the next common phrase wrongly
used phrase hair are long no hair so I
have a lot of hair okay remember that
and not hairs so there is one mistake
that people use as hairs so that's not
his okay it
is treated as a non countable noun so
you always use it with a singular verb
head is known okay if you want to talk
about someone's hair texture
you do not say hair our soft you say her
hair is soft so remember friends the
trick is treat hair as a single entity
followed by a singular verb right the
next one is first-come first-serve so oh
I call up this cafe to book a table for
dinner and they say that they do not
take bookings they do not reserve tables
because their policy is first-come
first-serve not a I mean well the
mistake here is first-come first-served
okay that means if you go there by 8:00
you will be served before a person who
walks in at 8:30 so it's like first-come
first-served so a lot of places if you
have noticed it was written first come
first serve which is absolutely wrong it
is served all right so we have a
first-come first-served
don't forget the D first-served policy
right the next one and the most common
one is given exam no friends you never
give an exam you take an exam okay your
examiner gives you the exam and you take
an exam so very common very common
mistake people make when they talk about
examinations so if you are in say you
are graduating you say I am taking my
exam and not giving my exams so you
remember you do not give now this is one
of the most wrongly used phrase that
I've come across and I don't I don't
know why people use it this way but
remember you take an exam and not give
an example
so next time you use this expression
correctly you may have people looking at
you very awkwardly and merely trying to
understand what you're saying
but trust me you're on the right track
when you say I'm taking an exam the next
one is try and do it okay so try and do
it you're gonna try and do it you try to
do something so okay so if a friend asks
you for a favor and you really want to
help but you want to tell her that you
will make an attempt to but generally
people say is I'll try and do it for you
so no you don't know I'll try and do it
I'll try to do it for you okay so there
is no end remember you try to do
something and not try and do something
right and the last one is on the other
hand well this phrase is not wrong but
remember it has to be used with on one
hand now give me an example if my friend
keeps cribbing about her job and says
she has a lot of work okay and she keeps
getting a lot of work so she tells me
that I've got a lot of work and I've
taken on new projects I'm going to tell
her on one hand okay on one hand you are
you are complaining about having a lot
of work and on the other hand you have
taken more work so my point is you have
to use on one hand okay
then your sentence followed by on the
other hand
I cannot tell her you were complaining
you have a lot of work and on the other
hand you've taken more work no I have to
use on one hand in first part of the
sentence and on the other hand in the
second part so they complement each
other they come together so a lot of
people just casually put on the other
hand in any part of the sentence which
is not correct so remember you can use
it once you use on one hand followed by
whatever on the other okay friends so
these are the basic wrongly used English
phrases and these are common phrases
that we use in our really spoken English
so remember I'm sure now you can go
ahead and use them correctly I hope you
enjoyed watching this lesson I'll be
back soon with a new lesson till then
take care and bye