Prepositions in English Grammar: Pay FOR, Pay BY, Pay IN, Pay OFF

Prepositions in English Grammar: I know these preposition combinations can be really confusing.
Today, I'm going to show you how the verb PAY can be used in 6 different situations - with and without prepositions. Knowing this will help make your English conversation smoother and more natural sounding.

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[gaminikumara]

Thanks teacher Michael for your lessons. I'm Gamini from Sri Lankan and came across your YouTube channel today and subscribed to it after watching a few of your learning videos on it. I must say here that you are one of the best English teachers on YouTube. Another YouTube teacher had recommended your channel and that is why I became a fan of your channel. Your American accent is very clear and easy to understand. Every word that you say is clear and there is no need to turn on subtitles. Your lessons are great and I find them all very helpful for all non-native learners to improve their English up to an advanced level. I hope to watch all the videos that you have so far uploaded to your channel one by one. Thanks again. I am expecting expect more and more learning videos like these..

[ChitraJayawardena]

pay down = නයවාරිකය ගෙවළා නය අඩුකරගනී pay off = සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම ගෙවා අවසන් කරයි pay by app transfer = ඇප් ඒක මගින් මුදල් ගෙවයි pay by credit card = කාඩ් ඒක මගින් ගෙවයි pay in cash = වටිනාකමට ගෙවන්නෙ මුදල් කියන මාධයයෙන්

[kingo_friver]

"We use pay by / pay in to talk about how you pay" How I pay? Hmm...I may have a devastated face to pay from my measly life savings, or could I pay in 36 monthly payments? ...That's what I imagined for a moment hehe

[tammytsang]

When I go to Starbucks, I use my cell phone to pay for my dark roast.

[lanaefremova]

My American coworkers say " pay cash" not "pay in cash"

[rafaelassad]

Could you pay for the dinner tonight? I ain't got no money.
I paid only two dollars for that shirt, isn't that incredible?
Would you really pay for it? I guess it doesn't worth it.
Hey homie, when are you gonna pay me the money that you owe me for a long long time?
I'm paying down some bills now so I can't afford this trip.
Oh of course I will help you pay down the debt.
Oh finally I've just paid off all my debts, actually they were a big pain in the arse.
I might pay for them by credit card or pay in cash, that'll depend on the discount they could make for me.
Haven't you been paying your bills by app transfer ? Where the hell are you at, guy?

[tammytsang]

Many small shops like their customers to pay in cash.

[kyawzayarwin]

Phrases of pop, bang, spring, and pay. These are what you currently made. I didn’t expect there are many phrases like this. It seems that you gonna make more such phrases down the road.

[tammytsang]

Jeremy has been working hard at school and I hope his efforts will pay off.

[remyberin]

Well, now I have paid off the credit of my car, I must pay for a dinner to celebrate that !

[gengchun]

so many pays! but in chinese, only two kanji "付钱", complex english

[ALSAIBANI]

you are the best
thank you for your time

[niloufa]

Are you still here? I join in you. I study English in an low level intermediate

[kyawzayarwin]

When you communicate with others, do you speak faster than this video. Because I think some Youtubers intentionally speak slowly in order to make English learners understand.