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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Lesson 383. The title of today's lesson is the
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incorrect use of "handle with. " Okay. Let's take a look at the note here. In
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English the word "handle" in most cases means "deal with. " So we usually don't say
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"handle with" because if you say handle with it's almost like saying deal with,
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with which really would not make any sense. All right. So let's look at a couple
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of examples where students might make a mistake. All right. Again here with the X,
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this is wrong. In order to become a kindergarten teacher, she had to learn
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how to handle with children. No. of course, with the check this would be
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correct. In order to become a kindergarten teacher she had to learn
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how to handle children. Good and the second one here. Again with the X. This
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would be wrong. Many people think corporal punishment is not the way to
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handle with discipline. No again. You should say many people think corporal
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punishment is not the way to handle discipline. Okay. So I hope that's clear.
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So you can see where students sometimes would make a mistake by using handle
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with where they should only be using handle. However since we said that. There
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are a couple of exceptions, but they're usually with fixed phrases. So however the
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phrase is' handle with care' and ' handle somebody or something with the kid
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gloves' are exceptions. Okay. Handle with care is often written on
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fragile packages. So you just have that as a sentence you know, write handle with
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care on that package. So to make sure that somebody doesn't just throw the bag
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or the box around or the package around. So the things inside will not break. You want
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them to be handled with care , very carefully. Or the second one here. Handle
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with kid gloves means to handle something with extreme care. It could be
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a person or a situation too. You need to handle this issue with kid gloves. Maybe
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it's a very sensitive issue. So handle it with kid gloves,
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be very careful what you say or how you say about it . Okay. Good.
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Anyway I hope you got it. I hope it was clear. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.