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Now, in some cases, people use words
incorrectly because they sound the same.

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And they don't know the difference.

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Or perhaps, they haven't been corrected
before.

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Here's an opportunity for us to go through
a lot of commonly misused words.

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And I've got ten good ones.

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There are ten, you know, pairs or groups,
you could say.

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Many of the words that we cover here have
alternate meanings or definitions.

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So we're gonna focus on the ones that
cause

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confusion so we don't make these common
mistakes again.

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Now, first up, you're and your.

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You're, Y-O-U-'-R-E, is a contraction that
means you are.

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Or as they say in Boston, you are.

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For example, you're going to love the new
Godzilla movie.

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And I'm sure that we will.

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Definitely gonna see it.

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But your, Y-O-U-R, is a possessive, which

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means something belonging or referring to
you.

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Is this your first time going to this
theater?

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That's how we deal with that.

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They're, their, and there.

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Oh this is another one.

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They apostrophe R-E is a contraction that
means they are.

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For example, they're going to the movies
to see Godzilla.

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Now their, T-H-E-I-R, is a possessive
which means that

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something belongs to a group of people, or
to they.

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This is their third time seeing the movie.

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It's because they love it, right.

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But there, T-H-E-R-E, refers to a location
and the opposite of here.

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The entrance to the theater is over there.

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So they're, their and there.

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That should help.

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It's and its.

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It's with a, an apostrophe.

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It apostrophe s is a contraction that
means it is.

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This is one a lot of people confuse.

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It's a terrible day because I broke my
phone.

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So terrible.

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But its, I-T-S with no apostrophe that is
the possessive right there.

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And that definitely trips up a lot of
people.

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Its you know, refers to a thing, something
belonging to a thing.

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For example my phone landed right on its
screen.

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And it broke.

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And I was sad.

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That is a tricky one, but try to get that
one correct if you can.

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To, too, and two, you know, this, this
seems like a very simple one.

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But I see the mi, this mistake a lot,
especially

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when people use T-O-O in places where it
shouldn't be.

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Now to, T-O, can be used in a number of
different ways.

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It can be used for directions like, I

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need directions to the phone store cuz
mine broke.

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It can be used with verbs like, I need to

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make a call, but I have no phone cuz it
broke.

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or, sometimes when you don't need to
repeat a verb in a sentence you

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can say, I asked him to silence his phone,
but he didn't want to.

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Things like that.

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Lots of uses for that.

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But too, T-O-O is an adjective that can
mean overly or excessive.

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Like your phone is too noisy, please turn
it down.

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Whereas as T-W-O, two, is a number, you
know one plus one.

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Like your phone rang two more times, so I
shut it off, or I threw it on the ground.

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You know, really upset.

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Generally if you understand T-O-O and
T-W-O you'll know when to use those.

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You know, you know when to use too.

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Forget it [SOUND].

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There's a lot of toos there.

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Alright, effect and affect.

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Effect with an e is a noun.

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Refers to the result of something
happening.

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The color change on our call to action had
a positive effect.

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But affect with an a, is a verb and it
refers to producing a change of some kind.

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I hope we can affect many more numbers
positively by making other changes.

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That's a tricky one and I know it, it
sometimes takes some remembering,

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but if you can remember that effect with
an e is the result

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of an event, which also starts with an e,
that's one way to

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kind of give yourself a mental trick to
try to remember that one.

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Alright, oh man, lose and loose.

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They don't even sound the same.

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But I see this so much, lose and loose.

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Alright lose, lose is a verb.

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Means the opposite of winning.

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But it also means to misplace something.

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This is where a lot of confusion happens.

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I hope I don't lose my keys again.

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I'd be mad cuz I broke my phone.

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But loose, loose is an adjective.

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It means, you know, unrestrained, it means
not tight.

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These pants are so loose, I think my keys
fell out.

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So loose with two o's is the adjective.

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Let's try to remember that one.

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Peek, peak, and pique.

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Now this is a, one I'm including really
because of that last one there.

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And generally a lot of people get these
first ones right.

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Peek is a verb, P-E-E-K, two e's.

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That's a verb.

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It means to look.

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I'm hungry.

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Let's peek in the fridge, find something
good.

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But peak, P-E-A-K, is a noun, it means the
top.

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There's a cherry on the peak of that pie.

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Just trying to make a food example there.

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It's tough.

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Anyway, pique, P-I-Q-U-E.

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Pique is a verb, means to excite, and
generally you hear this

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a lot when people try to use that phrase,
pique your interest.

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You've piqued my interest with that
delectable dessert.

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Well, that's not P-E-E-K, and it's not
P-E-A-K.

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It is that special P-I-Q-U-E word.

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So if you can remember that, you'll
generally won't confuse the others.

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But as a side note, any time you plan on
using a common figure

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of speech and you're not exactly sure how
to spell it, make sure you check.

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Either and neither.

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Or either and neither, depending on how
you pronounce that.

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Either and neither are both adjectives.

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They're occasionally used as pronouns.

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You know, you can, you can enter the
stadium at either

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end or neither team showed up at the rainy
field today.

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But, confusion happens when they're used

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as conjunctions, listing various related
choices.

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So, when you use either, I mean the word
either, not talking about both.

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When you use either you'll be listing two
options.

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One of which is the acceptable option, and

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you'll always separate them with the word
or.

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So for example, our team will either win
or lose today.

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But if you wanna discuss two options and
both of

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them will not happen you want to use
neither and nor.

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Neither the rain, nor the traffic will
keep us away from today's game.

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Either with or, neither with nor.

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Those pairs should always go together.

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And lastly, e.g and i.e.

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Well these are, these are tricky ones.

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Both e.g and i.e are Latin abbreviations.

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They both usually mean that you're about

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to list some examples, or clarify some
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E.g stands for exempli gratia.

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It means for example.

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Nick likes desserts.

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E.g ice cream, pies, cookies.

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Well, the ice cream, pies and cookies?

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They're examples, general examples in
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They don't usually, you know, they don't
refer to an actual fact or event.

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They're examples of desserts.

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But i.e, i.e is Latin for id est.

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That translates to that is.

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Like i.e is a really good way to clarify
an event or fact that you're talking

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about, so Jason made lunch, i.e two
sandwiches,

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a fruit salad, and a lovely apple pie.

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When you use i.e you're actually saying
that is actually literally what he made.

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When he made lunch.

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So that is the difference there between
those two.