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collocation much better and why am I sharing this with you guys now what is
better okay quick quick review here okay better is the comparative form
of good so when I am making comparisons I have more than more beautiful than
more expensive than so a Ferrari is more expensive than a Tesla car I think let's
see Japan is more interesting than North
Korea I don't know never been there but I imagine so so
comparatives okay now better is the comparative form of good good is an
irregular adjective so I cannot say more good or
gooder no I have to say better now much better
is important because sometimes the students they want to say that it's
much that it's more okay but I cannot use more I cannot say more better okay
or I cannot say oh this was very better not very very is not possible either so
the best collocation for you is much ah teacher you look much better okay so
this is possible oh this exercise is much easier I can
use much so I'm saying much better because this is more common you
students tend to say very better you cannot say very better okay there
are other words I can use with better but much is an option so here when you
use much you are giving this idea of a lot I can use a lot better how do you
feel ah a lot better thank you much better thank you okay Wow Priscilla I
know this is my dress but it looks much better on you hey keep it girl because
it looks amazing on you I know thank you so this is a common
mistake students make with the collocation better when they want to
emphasize even more in a comparative when they are making a sentence in
English so use this much better you can use much with other comparative forms
but this is the most common mistake students make when using better next one
any better now this is used in negative sentences okay
bla bla bla is not any better this doesn't bla bla bla any better so it's
usually used in negative sentences okay so when I say any and the comparative in
tonight's lesson the comparative I am showing you is better I'm saying not
even a little Priscila uh how do you feel hmm
not any better are you feeling any better
so let's say I am sick okay ah I have a fever
a headache no I don't have the virus just not feeling so good then I talked
to my boyfriend and he says hey I'm going to work I'll be back later then he
comes home after a few hours he looks at me and says Priscilla are you feeling
any better not really I'm not feeling any better
not even a little I didn't improve I didn't get any better okay so are you
feeling any better have you improved even if it's just a little no okay
not anything at all so I can ask questions with any any better and I am
giving this idea even a little just a little did the situation change a little
in this case a little better you know but maybe not okay I do not usually use
this in affirmative sentences okay not really now I can use as I told you
guys I can use any with other comparatives tonight the focus is better
but I can use any okay I think if you watch friends Chandler may use this
Any, oh could today get any better he had a tendency to say this a lot in
the show now oh I'm not waiting any longer so maybe I was waiting for my
friend for more than an hour then I got tired
and I said you know what I'm going home I'm not waiting any longer not even a
second more okay so this is the idea Wow this exercise is not getting any
easier so this exercise is not getting a little easier not even a little I do
another exercise it gets more difficult and more to
oh it's not getting any easier not even a little bit and the comparative in this
case easier it's not getting a little easier no it's not getting a little
better mm-hmm it's not improving okay that's
the idea of any very common collocation any better any easier okay so very very
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now last collocation of the night the sooner the better okay basically this
means that it's important that something happens very soon like yesterday the
faster the better and I will come I will make another video a future video where I
really explain the the construction the more the more okay the less less is also
possible but the more the more okay that's a very nice structure in English
that is popular okay and I think you guys should learn to use it again this
lesson here is not really a basic lesson this is well this is this lesson is more
appropriate to pre intermediate and intermediate speakers because of the way
you're gonna use these sentences these collocations but when you say the sooner
the better you you are gonna use this phrase because you believe something
needs to be done you need to do something or something needs to happen
now okay soon don't wait do it now as soon as possible okay so it's better if
we do it now okay so the sooner you finish your homework whew that's better
the better I don't say that's better okay I say the better so the sooner you
finish your homework the better because then you have time to do other things
you wanna do maybe you'll have time to play video games maybe you will have
time to hang out with your friends so the sooner you finish your homework the better
so that's maybe a conversation that a mother has with their children okay
the sooner you have the sooner you do something the better it is let's say
let's block someone from the chat put user in timeout
yes okay
very nice now guys I'm going to send you the documents after lunch okay great
the sooner the better so it's much better if you send it very soon you know
don't wait until tomorrow or until later the sooner the better that is the main
idea of of this expression I'm removing someone here from the chat I don't like
doing that but it's annoying awesome finished other than that my
friends have a lovely day or a lovely night share this lesson with your
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