So I thought I wouldmake a littleEnglishlessonthisweek.
I'm startingtofeel a lotbetter, bytheway,
forthoseofyouthatdon't know, I was a littlebitsickfor a coupleofweeks, but I thoughtsince I'm justfeeling a littlebitbetter, I'lljustmake a littleEnglishlesson.
Whenyoudosomethingthatyouweren't planningondoing, weusuallydescribeitwiththephrase "I made a mistake."
Themistake I madeis I putthewrongattachmentontheclippersand I shavedmybeardandmustacheshorterthan I normallydo, so I made a mistake.
That's thephrase I wouldusetodescribethat.
Andthere's a fewother... bytheway, itwillgrowback.
That's thenicethingaboutthiskindofmistake, isif I justwait a fewdays, itwillgrowbackandlooknormalagain.
Butdoesitlookshorter?
Doyourecognizeme?
Maybe I look a littlebitdifferent.
Anyways, there's twootherphrasesyoucanusetodescribe a situationlikethis.
Theotheroneisyoucouldsay "I messedup."
Thismorning I messedup.
I don't knowwhy.
I'm stilltryingtofigureouthow I madethismistakeorwhy I messedupthismorning.
I wenttothebathroom, I grabbedtheclippers, therewasthelittleattachmentlayingbesidetheclippers, and I thoughtitwastherightone, so I clippediton.
Butyes, I definitelymessedup.
Andthenthethirdphrasethatyoucouldusetodescribethiskindofsituationisveryinformalandsomepeopleevenconsiderit a littlebitcrude, but I couldsay "I screwedup."
I certainlyscrewedupthismorning.
Again, it's nottoobigof a screwup, though, isit?
Becausethiswillallgrowback.
Sojustfor a quickreview, threewaysthatyoucantalkabout a mistakethatyou'vemadeinEnglish.
Youcansaysimply, "I made a mistake,"
oryoucansay "I messedup."
Oryoucouldsay "I screwedup."
Now, thereis a fourthwaytodescribe a mistake.
Here's a littlebonusphraseforyou.
Ifyou'retalkingaboutsomethinglikemathoryou'retalkingaboutmaybeyou'reusing a calculator, youmightsay "I madeanerror."
Anerrorand a mistakeareverysimilar.
Althoughwhen I thinkaboutit, I usuallyusethewordmistakeas a generalterm, youknowwhenyoudosomethingthatyoudidn't plantodo.
And I usetheworderrormoreforthingsinvolvingnumbersandthingslikethat.
I don't thinkit's a hardandfastrulebyanymeans.
Butformepersonally, when I'm talkingaboutnumbers, if I, forinstance, wasaddingupthesalesfortheweekonthefarmand I forgottoaddin a fewsales, I mightsay,
"Jen, oh, I madeanerror. Letmefixthat."
Sofourphrases, I guess.
I made a mistake.
I messedup.
I screwedupand I madeanerror.
Hopefullyyoudon't maketooanyerrors.
Hopefullyyou'rehaving a goodweek.
Sorryfortheshortlesson, but I'm justeasingbackintothisYouTubethingwhere I teachEnglish.
I hopeyouenjoyeditand I'llseeyounextweekwithanotherEnglishlesson. Bye.
So I thought I wouldmake a littleEnglishlessonthisweek.
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