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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is lesson 258. The title of today's lesson is the
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difference between save up and save on. Okay this is one we're again students of
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ESL might make a mistake that might mix up the two. The common mistake usually is
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to use save up when you're supposed to be using save on. But anyway, let's first look at the meaning.
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To save up means to gradually put aside money or small amounts of a supply of
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something for future use. So you definitely save up money or you could
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save up the supply of something that you need for something in the future as
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well. All right. To save on something means to save money when buying something. So
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you were able to get something for either a cheaper price or you were
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somehow or someway able to spend less money for something similar or almost the
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same thing. So you saved on it Okay. So again, let's look at the first example.
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here with the X. This one's wrong. To save up the budget the company will no longer
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provide a free trip for their employees. Of course this is wrong, to say save up
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here. You should be saying to save on the budget the company will no longer
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provide a free trip for their employees. Yeah. So they're they're saving on the
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money that they have to spend for their budget. So they're saving on , not saving
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up. All right . Let's take a look. Let's continue here. To save on the cost of diapers,
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we've started to buy in bulk. Now we order them by the case. So this is,
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this is correct. This is a way that we commonly use to save on. So it's another
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example you're actually saving money. You're buying in bulk. So each diaper
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ends up costing less per diaper. So you're saving on the cost of diapers. You're
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in bulk. Remember in bulk means buying in large quantities. Okay. Here's another
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mistake, with the X where it's wrong. To save up the cost of my clothes I tried
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to wait for clearance sales. So again. This is what you should use. With a check
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here. To save on the cost of my clothes I try to wait for clearance sales. Okay good.
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And then we'll just give you one example of where we would normally use to save up. We have
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been saving up money to go on an overseas trip. Okay good. I hope it's
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clear I hope you got it. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.