Name: DO NOT SAY 'I Eat Already' (Common English Mistakes) - Learn English In One Minute
Uploaded: 2024-03-07T21:01:20.000Z
Duration: 1 min 25 s
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Hey guys, it's Shane from English Understood here.

A lot of the time I hear my students say, 'I eat already.'

And I understand why because in many languages if you say 'I eat already,' it's correct grammar.

But when you translate that from your language into English, it's not correct grammar.

So let's start off with the question. What's the question for this answer?

The correct answer is 'I have eaten already.'

Because the question uses 'have' and 'eaten' so with the answer, we also must use 'have' and 'eaten'.

And when a native speaker says this really quickly, it sounds like this.

The 'I've' and the 'eaten' come together. I'veaten already. I'veaten already.

So the next time you want to say you have eaten already, you can say 'I'veaten already.' I'veaten already.