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IS or IT’S – Most Common English Errors | English Grammar & Pronunciation Mistakes


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Hello everyone and welcome back to English With Lucy.
Today, we have a short little lesson
but I hope to correct an error
I hear and I see many of you do,
especially students who have Spanish
mother tongue.
So this lesson may not be relevant to everyone.
You can see this and say
“Lucy, you think we’re stupid?”
No, I started to teach Spanish students
because I was teaching in Spain always looked
forces that they had problems with it,
because Spanish has the same structure
that English about this particular issue grammar.
Your language, moreover, it can have the.
So if you see the video
and find irrelevant
each item on grammar may be relevant for everyone.
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In any case, we begin the lesson.
Today, I will talk about
and it is the difference between us.
Now before we begin,
I speak quickly Bone
on the pronunciation of the two words.
Because I’ve heard lots of people saying “iis”, “iits.”
Both are wrong.
The first letter should be “and” the sound of a short vowel.
Not “i”, “i”.
So this is the first error to be corrected.
“And” no “i”, “i”.
Stop voice neck.
“I”, “i”.
“Ii”, “i”.
OK?
Guess what speak now
regarding the pronunciation of the two words.
Is.
It’s.
Is.
It’s.
They end up in a different phoneme,
although the phoneme is represented by the letter S.
So “is” is a vocalized sound “zzz”;
“It’s” is a vocalized sound “sss”.
Peter therefore ‘iss’ does not exist.
It’s is, is it’s.
Is, it’s.
Now if you apply that in your speech,
Sounds more native automatically.
Now I want to correct the following error
these small words
is the repetition of the subject.
Do not repeat the subject,
Spain it’s wonderful.
Spain is wonderful.
Which one is correct?
What is the subject of the sentence?
The subject is Spain.
If I say “Spain it’s wonderful.”
I’m really saying “Spain it is wonderful”
that means I have two subjects.
He repeated the subject.
Therefore “it” is not necessary.
Spain, the subject, is wonderful.
Now, compare these two sentences:
Today is sunny.
Today it is sunny.
What is the difference?
What is wrong?
None of them is incorrect.
Both are.
Today it is sunny.
“It” refers to the time.
Today is sunny.
A slight difference, be careful.
What does “it”?
Another mistake I’ve heard for Spanish speakers
it “is not” okay?
Had a wonderful, wonderful student, was amazing.
If you gave anything to do with computers,
I solved the problem, it was amazing.
But he could not get his head that is not “is not.”
It says “It’s not,” or “is not”.
But because the Spanish say “no”, “not well”
the brains of some people means in English “is not”
because it looks very similar, right?
“No,” “is not”, “you”, “is not.”
But is not the case.
If I say “No, not the” for example,
I said “It’s not HIM”
or “It is not HIM.”
I can not say “It is HIM.”
It does not exist.
Now, for some people it may seem basic.
It’s hard not translate things
directly from your own language.
“No,” “no”.
“We”, “is”.
I fully understand that a Spanish-
translate “you” and “is not”
but trust me, it is not correct,
and if you want to speak and appear native
then you should start saying “it is not, is not.”
She is not nice.
It is not good.
It’s not fair.
Well, the issues that have to do outside
Lesson today.
Pronunciation.
It’s, is.
It’s, is.
“It’s” is “is it” all together.
So “is” no subject, and “it’s” is the subject.
“It” is the subject.
“It” is the subject, “it’s”.
Uh, is something difficult to explain!
It seems simple, but in reality it is not that simple.
The next point, be very careful
When repeat the subject.
You need to repeat it?
The answer is almost always no.
Spain is different.
Spain it’s different.
Which one is it?
It “is” because Spain is the subject.
And now the final point,
the negative is never “is not.”
Always “is not it”, “it’s not,” “it is not.”
That’s all for today.
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