Hi I am Rima, and welcome to today's lesson well today's lesson is about funny errors
made in English. So I was surfing online and I went through people's blogs and Facebook
pages and I found these glaring errors which actually cracked me up and I thought okay
why not do a lesson on this. So well I have a few funny sentences for you, wherein some
words have been interchanged or used wrongly because of their spelling what I'm going to
do is, I'm going to clarify this while explaining.
So the first sentence I have here is, very,
very funny. It says my father met me at the airport and gave me a big hog and then he
hogged my wife too. Oh my god, well it doesn't actually show your father in a good light,
does it? Well what he is trying to say here is, gave him a big hog, now this word here
is wrong. The correct word is hug and let me explain to you why because hog actually
means a male pig, that's right. Why would your father carry a well-bred male pig to
the airport for you and give it to you? I don't see that happening and I don't see the
airport authorities allowing to carry a pig to the airport. Well so the real sentence
goes like this, my father met me at the airport and gave me a big hug. Yes, that's right,
a hug is an embrace. An embrace is given to your loved one to show your affection or to
welcome him or her. So now it makes complete sense and your father appears like a very
loving father, when we say my father met me at the airport and gave me a big hug. And
then the second part of the sentence goes, then he hogged my wife too. Oh my god which
father-in--law hogs his daughter-in- law? Well that's absolutely incorrect because the
word hogged actually means to take something for your own selfishly. Now imagine if your
father took your wife for his own in a very selfish manner. Wow that would lead to a family
riot, don't you think? Well don't you worry, coz the real word is not hogged, it is hugged.
Now there you have it, a loving father and a loving father-in-law. My father met me at
the airport and gave me a big hug and then he hugged my wife too. How wonderful! What
a happy loving family! Well I hope that's clear. the difference between hog and hug,
very close in spelling but very, very different in meaning.so if you interchange these two
words, you're gonna crack people up.
Well moving on, the next one. It’s a question. How many people live in your apartment building?
And the answer, I don't know but I have a wild gas, Eww. Now that is actually gross,
not as funny as how gross it is because the word gas, just does not fit in here.so gas
means an air like fluid or it is short form for gasoline which is fuel and what the answer
should have been is, I don't know but I have a wild guess. That’s g-u-e-s-s, that's right
the correct word is guess and the meaning of guess is to estimate something without
being absolutely sure about it. Like for example, I saw a lady walking in and I guessed that
she should be about 30 years of age, so I'm estimating the lady's age without being absolutely
sure. That’s correct, so the correct word is, I don't know but I have a wild guess and
definitely gas is the wrong word here. Avoid using it, it's gross. Well that's clear, the
difference between guess and as.
Moving on, I’ve got the next sentence which says, I've got exciting news, my boyfriend
and I got enraged last night. Oh my god! Looks like you had a very violent night with your
boyfriend. So the word enraged here, is definitely not correct because enraged means to get angry
or experience rage of a very high level. So the correct word here actually is, engaged.
Now look at the difference because there is a very, very tiny difference in spelling.
Enraged and engaged are very close in spelling but very, very different in meaning because
engaged actually means formally agreeing to marry. Well now it makes sense and it sounds
beautiful. I've got exciting news, my boyfriend and me, we got engaged last night. Well congratulations,
woo. So make sure you don't make this mistake, interchanging engage and enrage, coz it really
changes the meaning of a very beautiful sentence into a very angry sentence. So enrage is wrong
and the correct sentence is, I’ve got exciting news, my boyfriend and I got engaged last
night.
Well moving on, the next sentence. Now this one should definitely have you smiling. Should
Madonna, yes we are talking about our pop diva Madonna, whose really, really beautiful
for her age. So should Madonna be allowed to adopt again? Now we all know that Madonna
has this huge inclination for adopting children from various countries and I think it's a
very good thing that she does. Now this statement says, should Madonna be aloud to adopt again?
So really the usage of the word aloud is not correct here because aloud means to be loud
or to speak very loudly. So then this sentence would read as, should Madonna have to be very
loud in order to adopt again? Makes no sense now. You don't expect Madonna to sing loudly
to adopt again, do you? Well the correct word is allowed, which means to grant permission.
So should Madonna be given permission to adopt again? And suddenly the sentence makes sense.so
the real sentence should read as, should Madonna be allowed to adopt again? Sure, why not?
There’s so many beautiful children who would love to call Madonna, mommy.
Well moving on, the next sentence is, when I got home, I had a massage waiting on the
answering machine. A clear question, how big is your answering machine? Is it as big as
this that you can lie on it and get a massage done? Makes no sense now, does it? A massage
actually stands for a body rub given to you by an expert in order to increase your blood
circulation and take away the pain from your body. Sounds very healing now, doesn’t it?
But it makes no sense in this sentence because the word massage here is absolutely wrong
and the correct word is, message, that's m-e-s-s-a-g-e and not m-a-s-s-s-a--g-e. So well the real
sentence actually reads, when I got home, I had a message waiting on the answering machine.
Now that's what an answering machine is for right. A message means something that someone
needs to convey to you. alright, so well the sentence reads, when I got home I had a message
waiting for me on the answering machine, sounds very, very normal and doesn't sound scandalous
at all now, does it?
Well these were my 5 sentences which I thought were really, really funny and these funny
errors are definitely the errors to avoid.
So well we've finished the five funny errors in English where words if interchanged can
create a lot of humor and now we are going to look at five more sentences which depict
these errors. Now the first one that I have here is, my bed has three blankets and a large
guilt. Why would you carry guilt on your bed? Well let me explain to you what the word guilt
means. It means feeling bad about a particular action that you may have done.so imagine my
bed has three blankets and a bad feeling about something that I have done. Well that is very,
very funny and you know what the correct word here is not guilt, it’s actually quilt,
that's q-u-i-l-t. So very subtle difference in the spelling, a difference between a q
and a g, but the meaning of the sentence changes completely because the word quilt actually
means a layered hand stitched fabric that one uses to keep one’s body warm while sleeping.
So you can actually call it a body warmer. So well now the sentence reads, my beds has
three blankets and large quilt, sounds like a cozy bed. Are you in the mood for a nap?
Well make sure that you don't interchange guilt and quilt because it completely changes
the meaning of the sentence. So that's the difference between quilt and guilt and moving
on to a short but really funny sentence. you've got male, please check it. How lucky would
I be if I received a handsome male in my mail? and imagine I also have the opportunity to
check him. wow, well that would be quite interesting but that's not what this sentence is trying
to say because the male here which means male human being is wrong and the correct word
is, mail, that’s m-a-i-l which stands either for a letter or email. so if your inbox is
flashing, you've got mail, please check it which means you need to check your email and
if you get a message saying you've got mail, please check it and this happens to be from
somebody, you know like a person that means, you have a letter please check your letter
box. and that's the difference between male and mail.
now we are going to move on to the next sentence which says, I have intimidated them about
the timing. please read carefully I have intimidated them about the timing. Now the word intimidated
actually means to instill fear or to scare. so imagine if I was trying to say, I have
scared them about the timing. why would I want to scare anybody about anything? well
this usage is completely wrong and the real word here is, intimated. Now this is correct
because intimated means to inform. so the sentence would read, I have informed them
about the timing, which means I have intimated them about the timing. Now this makes absolute
and complete sense.
well moving on, the next sentence, I'm going to collage next year. sounds a little off
now, doesn't it? Well this word collage actually means something else and it's not correct
in this sentence because the meaning of collage is an art form made out of cuttings from different
places. So a collage is an art form which is made you know when you cut stuff from various
places, from various newspapers and magazines and paste them in one place, it forms a beautiful
collage. of course it needs to depict something, it needs to mean something, only then it is
a truly good collage. so if you're going to say, I’m going to collage next year, are
you trying to say that you are going to make a collage next year? or are you trying to
say something else? well the correct word here is actually college which means college.
I’m going to college next year. now that makes absolute sense because a college is
like an educational institute wherein you go for higher learning. so if you are going
to college next year, you can say, I'm going to college next year because college means
educational institute. a place where we go for higher learning.
well my last sentence for today is, I started joking last night and my friend had to hit
me very hard still I stopped. well can you imagine if I crack a joke and I have a friend
who starts hitting me hard, am I ever going to want to be funny? I don't think so. well
the word joking means to say something funny and it's definitely not correct here because
the correct word is, choking which means suffocate or not be able to breathe because food is
stuck in our throat. so when i started choking last night, my friend had to hit me very hard
till I stopped. Now suddenly this really kind person who saved your life. as against somebody
who was hitting you for being funny. that's right, so the correct sentence is, I started
choking as in suffocating last night and my friend had to hit me very hard till I stopped.
well this is a list of really funny errors in 5 sentences and I hope it really clarifies
you know the usage of the correct words for you. if you have any funny sentences to share
with me where there are glaring errors which crack people up, make sure you write to me
in the comment box below. I’d love to hear from you, I hope you've enjoyed this lesson.
this is me Rima, signing out.