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Duration: 06:36 minutes Upload Time: 2007-08-31 05:16:07 User: thedailyenglishshow :::: Favorites :::: Top Videos of Day |
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Description: Is it a mistake to say "different than"? I talk a bit about standard and non-standard English. I know "Standard English" is a vague and problematic term - but I think it can sometimes be useful. Maybe ... I started having doubts while editing. Well, I'll just cover this again one day and try explaining it better. EDIT: Some people seem to think I am correcting Jim Carrey's English. Just to be clear: I am not talking about the grammar in Jim Carrey's video - I am talking about something I said in a previous video. Today's STICK NEWS is about the video which Jim Carrey stars in. Watch the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NySuaJ2B20E I decided to delete all the comments abusing me for correcting Jim Carrey's English - because I thought they were pretty pointless. I wasn't correcting his English and yes, that would be pretty insensitive. English script: http://thedailyenglishshow.blogspot.com/2007/08/show-483-wednesday-29-august.html 日本語： http://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/dailyenglish/diary/200708290000/ Deutsch: http://germantdesscripts.blogspot.com/2007/09/show-483-wednesday-29-august.html Show 483 Wednesday 29 August The Daily English Show http://www.thedailyenglishshow.com/ |
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| meisterboss ::: Favorites 2007-10-23 17:01:52 yeah, that was interesting.. __________________________________________________ | |
| motorcitysmitty10 ::: Favorites 2007-10-05 13:24:31 Here's a fun rule: Don't use no double negatives! __________________________________________________ | |
| tonyfuller ::: Favorites 2007-10-01 17:15:03 On the appeal by Jim carrey: We should not give the Burmese junta the pleasure of calling Burma anything other than Burma, they were not appointed by the people of Burma so have no right to change its name. __________________________________________________ | |
| Abcdeepdeepdish06 ::: Favorites 2007-09-22 10:13:35 Why qualify the fact that she won the Nobel Prize with the phrase "Cnn resported that..."? __________________________________________________ | |
| gmx800692 ::: Favorites 2007-09-18 20:33:47 wow.. __________________________________________________ | |
| neal1960 ::: Favorites 2007-09-15 12:20:32 Another meaning the question might suggest is "Can you borrow the book for me?" Just a thought. The question might be considered ambiguous by some. __________________________________________________ | |
| HonDouglas ::: Favorites 2007-08-31 18:10:12 so the form would be: "to lend so. sth." and "to borrow from so." ...right? confusing, germans use both words in both ways. __________________________________________________ | |
| wowJhil ::: Favorites 2007-08-31 17:17:54 oh, I mixed them up hehe. It should be the other way around. __________________________________________________ | |
| wowJhil ::: Favorites 2007-08-31 17:15:31 The correct sentence is "can you lend me the book". "Yes, I can borrow you the book". __________________________________________________ | |
| Noah2112 ::: Favorites 2007-08-31 12:25:39 Well the natives wind up picking up a lot of the immigrants ways of saying stuff. It sort of changes the language a little. __________________________________________________ | |
| poderoso85 ::: Favorites 2007-08-31 12:25:14 Nice, thank you for this lesson __________________________________________________ | |
| thedailyenglishshow ::: Favorites 2007-08-31 12:22:48 Actually, there's a road above that park. __________________________________________________ | |
| thedailyenglishshow ::: Favorites 2007-08-31 12:22:02 Yeah, after I thought about that after I said it - maybe that is correct somewhere, like you say. __________________________________________________ | |
| thedailyenglishshow ::: Favorites 2007-08-31 12:21:10 With our private helicopter. __________________________________________________ | |
| thedailyenglishshow ::: Favorites 2007-08-31 12:20:22 It should be "Can you lend me the book?" or "Can I borrow the book?" __________________________________________________ | |
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