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0:00 Introduction
01:15 FREE PDF and QUIZ
01:59 Pronunciation
02:35 The
04:22 Controversy
04:43 Either and Neither
05:12 Envelope
05:16 Garage
05:25 Privacy
05:35 Finance
05:43 Data
05:47 Zebra
06:00 Harassment
06:07 Often
06:38 Grammar
06:55 I’m good
08:30 Less vs Fewer
10:21 Whom or Who
11:44 Prepositions in their Proper Places
12:34 They and their are no longer only plural!
14:01 FREE Ebook
14:15 Courses
14:34 OUTRO

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[DebiG]

I an a fluent English speaker but I enjoy your videos because I want to learn the Queen's English. I am a New England native.

[edmundtheironside]

When it comes to hassle, nothing can beat ''conscious, consciousness, conscience, conscientious''...

[Amuztak]

"Whom" and "who" reminded me of that scene of Friends where Monica says about Ross: "I know! Is it because he's always correcting people's grammar? 'Whom, whom!' Sometimes it's 'who'!"

[CeciliaPMiniatures]

Mistakes depend on how we decide to approach a language: descriptive approach od prescriptive approach. I live by this rule, given by my linguistic professor during my first year at university 10 years ago now

[Willpower]

🎉Thanks for fantastic lesson which wasn't taught in our schools.
English seems to be very easy with you 🧡🧡🧡.

[rachellarkins]

I am beyond satisfied that you settled the who vs. whom dissention. I have ALWAYS struggled to comprehend the rules of proper who and whom usage. I would hear others use the term whom and immediately feel left out and segregated from the secret society that harvested the capabilities of knowing when and how to use the word. I'm still scuffling with the comprehension aspect, but at least I've got this video to catch me 😂 when I fall.

[philipwagner]

I heard once that the who/whom punctiliousness, the antipathy towards ending sentences with prepositions, and similar debates, was caused by 19th century academics, trying to understand English in terms of the grammatical structures of the classical Latin which they'd all been trained in. Snobbery and emulation did the rest.

[jensphiliphohmann]

About prepositions at the end: I encounter them often in English language videos. Nobody says: "I don't know about what you're talking."
Everybody says: "I don't know what you're talking about."

[prepper_nation_h]

Great episode, Lucy! Here's a suggestion for covering a tricky English quandary that I ran into just the other day. It would be helpful to both non-English speakers and native speakers needing a refresher as to which type of verb to use after a singular noun which represents a group of individuals. Nouns such as "team, " "staff, " "congregation, " or "family, " to name a few. For example which circumstances would you use "the team was..." versus "the team were..."

I found that the MLA style guide had a good explanation of when to use a singular or plural verb, but I think you'd do a great job making this the subject of a video if you haven't already. Cheers!

[lysan]

Thank you so much for this lesson! Such a relief! I have to admit I used to be a stickler for "whom", but I realised long ago that it has become outdated. Somehow I am fond of "whom" and still silently correct it in my mind if someone says "who" instead. But I would never correct anyone on this as there is nothing to correct anymore. But I miss it.

[brucemacdonald]

I would love to hear your opinion on "lay" vs "lie" It took me two years to get it sorted out, but very few people make the distinction any longer.

[HerrFinsternis]

I don't think I was ever taught the difference between less and fewer. Thanks 😊

[Anto_]

Funny how it took me so long to LEARN how to put the preposition at the end of a sentence, to then be told it could be a mistake 😂

[abdulahmoula]

Lucy, thanks for sharing a comedy-like lesson, which is not only enriching our knowledge but also entertaining us a lot.
The unique style, the irresistible beauty, and the fine sense of humor, combined with a charming smile, that’s amazing!🌹❤️

[matthiasfranz]

Thanks a lot. I often wondered about the correct pronunciation of either and neither. And "they" referring to singular persons of unknown gender is quite helpful. In my studies in school back in the 80ies, it used to be "his or her".

[katbass]

I am a rule stickler, but I like what you say about pronunciation and grammar. We should try to adapt to the speakers that surround us, so that we can understand each other.

[slowlearner]

I believe that cases, such precisely explained, can be barely found in any study books. Thank you Lucy.

[kactuskent]

ABSOLUTELY Brilliant ! I'll save this link to forward to my 'critics' when they 'CORRECT' my flexibly perfect English ( in my mind, at any rate ) ... you hit SO many of my points exactly ...

[reginabethpm]

Hello, I'm from the Philippines, English is a second or third language for most of us, depending on where you grew up. Anyway, found this particular video quite interesting. Realized that I pronounce some words the British way and some the American way. That should give you a clue on my education. Thank you!

[lstavenhagen]

Yes, the who/whom thing gets my goat too. This is a remnant of the Old English case system, where an -m ending indicated the dative form of "who" (nom. "hwa", dat. "hwaem" or something like that, IIRC). But apart from our pronominal system, the old case system is virtually gone in ME dialects. Even native speakers like myself can't keep it straight and use it "incorrectly". And as you note, when it becomes what people actually say, it's no longer "incorrect".... In fact, I can't remember the last time I used "whom" in actual speech at all....