Confusing English Grammar: “IS” or “ARE”?
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- Do you say “everyone is here” or “everyone are here”? If you’re not sure, you need this lesson! You’ll learn whether to use “is” or “are” with indefinite pronouns like everybody, someone, nobody, all, some, and none. You’ll also find out which to use with demonstrative pronouns like this, that, these, and those. Don’t make this basic mistake while speaking at job interviews or writing on English exams like IELTS or TOEFL. You can also read my free resource on countable and uncountable nouns to be 100% sure every time: www.engvid.com/english-resour...
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In this lesson:
0:00 "Are" or "is"?
2:58 "Are" or "is"? - everyone, somebody, nobody...
4:09 "Are" or "is"? - this, that, these, those
6:12 "Are" or "is"? - all, most, some, none
10:18 Test Yourself: "is" or "are"?
I've just published a sequel to this video! Learn when to use "THERE IS" and "THERE ARE": czcams.com/video/Mp6SYj9w5mo/video.html
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Dear teacher, ı am a retired teacher of English from Turkey; What ı had been doing for the last 40 years had got nothing to do with teaching daily English , but translation techniques in scientific literature. One thing ı dare to correct in your exercise line: if the noun advice is uncountable, so you have to say MUCH OF HIS ADVİCE, instead of MOST of.... thanks dear lady..
Simple explanation no worries.
Are: It can be used for more than one element
Is : It can be used for an element
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I've been finding a video which clear my confusion while using 'is' & 'are' but thank to you for cleared it.
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i am a filipino and had been taught that the word "some" per se refers to or means 'more than one' or 'several'. hence, 'are'. except in the case of 'someone' or 'somebody' which are definitely singular (because body and one are both singular.
The word "some" can be confusing too, sometimes.
I spill some milk on the table. In this case, "some" means "a little"
I speak to some people at the park. In this case, "some" means "several"
as a filipino (thus not a native english speaker), i do hope somebody would shed light on what it really should be.
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Very important lesson. I still find myself making some of the mistakes highlighted here.. thanks for bringing this up..
Rebecca, this lesson would have been the perfect lesson to discuss a grammatical error that is displayed at the check-out counter of many supermarkets where a sign is posted that reads "This aisle is for ten items or less." Here the difference between items that can be counted (such as bottles of water or containers of milk) and those that cannot be counted or cannot be easily counted (such as sugar, rice, and salt) dictates whether the words "fewer" or "less" should be used in these situations.
Amazing class on this particular area "is and are . Thank you teacher, Rebecca may the spirit of Heaven continue to empower you well . Thank you .
I'd like to know why an idea is countable but advise is not. Both are abstract nouns created in our minds.
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Ideas can be countable. Its because Idea is a one particular thing that has one information. Example, " My idea is this tree will collaps" but when it comes to ADVICE it has more information in it. However you may think advice too countable. No they are not. Unless you say give me ONE ADVICE. Or Piece of ADVISE. or word of ADVICE. Advise can not be break into elements.
Advice” is an uncountable noun, which means you can't say “an advice” or refer to multiple “advices.” Instead, it's common to use expressions like “a word of advice,” or “two pieces of advice.” She gave me two pieces of sound advice. She gave me sound advice. She gave me sound advices. Hope it is clear to you now.
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Thank you for this great lesson! I finally got it on the "... of the uncountable/countable nouns" :)
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When I first learned English in primary school, many, many moons ago, we learned that things like teams are grammatically singular, so in a cricket match, the commentator will say something like "Australia is in trouble now", even though the team of course consists of many individuals. And indeed, that is just what they did - until perhaps ten years or so ago, when suddenly, one day, all sports commentators apparently collectively decided that teams are plural. And so now I constantly hear them saying things like "Australia are in trouble."
As much as it pleases me to hear of the Aussie team's woes, it grates on me every time I hear that kind of thing. After a lifetime of battling it out with English grammar, and still constantly stumbling over its many pitfalls, it now turns out that even native English speakers cannot decide what the correct usage of their own language is.
I give up. I shall henceforth wave around my accented, barbarian English with pride. :-)
How about news? I learnt that the correct way to say is news is. But some people say news are😅
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Some of the equipments are heavy.
Some equipment is heavy.
Never...you got it wrong
Equipment consists of the things you need for a particular activity. Equipment is an uncountable noun. Don't talk about 'equipments' or 'an equipment'. You can refer to a single item as a “piece of equipment.”
Police, team, audience, committee, jury, board etc. are used with both singular and plural in singular form
verb to be is basic and sometimes we made mistakes because we think is easy and we don't focus those little basic things... we need to master them to avoid those little mistakes
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Native English speakers almost always get this right, but many of us don't really know why that is. I did know it was singular/plural related but this was most illuminating. Thank you.
I beg to differ. Many. Including most Americans, dont get the non obvious ones wrong. No one. Everyone. None etc. most speakers use the plural. Our mother taught us the rule about 'one'.
Less and fewer is another one. Very few people use 'few', 'fewer' and then, of course, there is 'of' instead of 've' as in should've. Contraction of should have.
On 2no. It will be is because 'Equipment' is singular noun
Our best teacher, please make a lesson on the differences between: It is vs This is. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
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Professor, "keep the good work" or "keep up the good work"?
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Some of the equipment are heavy. Reason being, some means a portion and equipment is in its plurality since we don't have equipments in English
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Can you address the difference between the words principal and principle?
And each other and one another please.
Thank you in advance.
Hey there. I'm not a language teacher but English is my first language so I thought I'd take a crack at answering your questions. The difference between principle and principal is that the first is a guiding rule, or ethic, whereas the second is a title. For example, you could say something like 'I always check my blind spot when changing lanes, even when I know there's no traffic. It's the principle of the thing'.
A principal is usually used to refer to a school headmaster. However, you can also use it to mean primary, or most important. Such as 'the principal investors of this project are very concerned about its progress'.
As for 'each other' versus 'one another', there is very little difference. They mean the same thing. Typically, however, you'd say 'each other' in less formal settings, and when specifically talking about two things. You could say, for example, 'the gunfighters drew in a flash and shot each other dead'.
'One another' is slightly more formal (a bit more stuffy), and can be used when talking about more general topics. For example: 'Reciprocation is very important in society; the way we treat one another determines the type of community we build'.
Hope that helps.
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Thanks for watching, everyone! Here's my guide to countable and uncountable nouns: www.engvid.com/english-resource/countable-and-uncountable-nouns/
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And if this video helped you, check out my lessons on similar topics:
Subject-Verb Agreement - all, most, some, none czcams.com/video/DiX3FqEIfaI/video.html
Single Items, but Plural Nouns! czcams.com/video/pO4MqzIKWas/video.html
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Madam, I would like you to make a lesson on this topic.
Why does it go this way, it starts with singular but ends with plural, like,
If anybody comes tell them that I'm not around.
If anybody gives you something say thank you to them, or say thank you to that person.
Please madam teach us on this topic it's so confusing.
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Thank you. You explained it well.
Police is uncountable but uses "are"
Great information. The word police is an exception in English
I've just seen it on CZcams today and was surprised by: the police Are...
So police are uncountable?
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There is so much common sense in this that I cannot understand that anyone can get confused!!
Would be good for free ESL night-classes for new migrants. This one is pretty easy, not sure if it's a real problem. The verbs in third-person seems to be more difficult to remember. "He has not he have" "He goes not he go" "she buys not she buy, but she bought not she boughts", etc.
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