AVOID Repeating These Words in Daily English Conversation - Use These Alternative Words

hello everyone and welcome back to

english

with lucy today i'm going to talk to you about five very boring and overused

words

yes no sorry thank you and that's okay these are

words

that we use all the time in everyday

conversation

in

english

and I am going to give you some more advanced and specialized

alternative

s that you can use on a

daily

basis this is perfect for you if you don't want to repeat yourself over and over again there is nothing worse than feeling like you are

repeating

yourself well actually there may be some worse things in life before To start, I would just like to thank the sponsor of today's video.

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alternative

s for this word, but English learners often find themselves using the word yes instead of the alternatives.

I have seven for you today, the first is this, yes, yes, it is now commonly used in spoken English and is quite informal, it is a non-standard spelling of yes and represents the pronunciation yes, yes, have you done your homework? Yes, yes, I have used it all the time, especially in casual

conversation

s, but when I was teaching students in person. I would use it and they would look at me with confused looks. It is not a word that is often found in textbooks. An alternative to this, which is used more in America, you will still find in Britain, but because it is a spoken word. than a written word, this next alternative represents the American pronunciation plus is yes, yes, we also have the number three, which is yes, yes, this can be written in several ways, but it is normally used in spoken English and is just one form casual way of saying yes. and I imagine that if we did a study of every phrase spoken by English speakers around the world I feel like yes it would be more common than yes I feel like I hear it more than yes yes it has a lot of emphasis it's more formal yes it's more informal and it's easier to say, In my opinion, the number four is now a bit more formal and is generally used to respond to a request.

We certainly have the more American version as well, which is for sure, can you take me home today, for sure, now because in the UK we watch a lot of American TV shows and movies. We're getting more and more used to using Americanisms like shaw, so it's definitely something we'll understand and potentially use as an additional alternative. Number six is, of course, now the last one or should be. I say the last three but I have grouped them into one. They are not necessarily a direct translation of yes, but are used instead of yes. I will, I will and I have, and there are many others too.

I'm talking about echoing a question, for example, do you like kittens? Instead of saying yes, you could say yes. Will you have a kitten soon? Yes, I will make you have bought an excessive amount of cute kitten toys, yes, or I just thought I would. mention that there so if you find yourself saying yes a lot you can change it and say something different now what comes next I'll give you a few seconds to guess no so in the yes section I mentioned yes and yes we have that informal variant of no is also no, no, did you do your homework?, no, no, again, as with yes, I think we use no, rather than no.

I would like a scientist to do a study on this, it's something I want to know, but I don't care enough to do it myself, another alternative that is potentially more used in the US and definitely not formal. You wouldn't want to tell your boss this. I use it a lot. In fact, I would use it with my friends. It's to express a little displeasure. Do you want this for dinner? I might also use it if I'm expressing a little bit of disbelief no, no, I don't think so, no, another one that's very blunt no way no way no way Damn I'm going to do that no way now I'm not sure I know this , but Brits love to say please, thank you and sorry, especially sorry all the time, so it should come as no surprise that sorry is a perfect form. good alternative to no, this is global, but especially in Britain, will you come tonight?

Sorry, I don't even have to say no. I'm sorry too. I'll do something that's a little less strong. Not likely. Not likely. Instead of saying it's not likely. It's just not likely. Do you think you'll get a promotion this year? Not likely not, I don't think he'll get a promotion this year. Now another very forceful one. We can say absolutely not or certainly not. I love that word and I'm noticing it. growing in popularity at the moment everyone seems to be saying absolutely so get on the train absolutely you will not date him again absolutely not certainly not if you want to express no otherwise by apologizing unfortunately no unfortunately no or we too have I'm afraid of no I'm afraid of no and don't be confused because being afraid of something is being afraid of something but if I say I'm not afraid it means I'm sorry, you know I'm afraid to tell you this because I'm very sorry, but no, we also have if only if only it was short for if only I could, can you come tonight if only if I could but I can't, does this imply that you can? t and finally one to use if you're offered something or offered an experience and you want to turn it down, I'll leave it short because I'll gloss over it, no thanks, sure, let's move on to Britain's favorite word, sorry.

I have five alternatives for you. The first is: I didn't mean that or I didn't mean it. Most of them can be used in conjunction with Sorry, so don't worry. Brit is watching, you can still use your favorite word. It doesn't mean to run over your toe to run over something implies that you have run over it with the tire of your car another it was wrong of me it was wrong of me to put your white work shirts with my red panties you have pink workshops now alternatively you could to say that I was wrong too I was wrong to go to the concert without you to go see your favorite band without you we also have I never should have done it I should never have worn white on your wedding day true story i I wasn't wearing white, but I went to a wedding and a girl was wearing a white bridal style dress.

Is it okay in your culture? Let me know because it's not right in ours. I said nothing. I just judged him silently. Now the last one. It's definitely an Americanism that has come to the UK and is very informal and can sometimes be considered unpleasant if used in the wrong situation, so be careful with it, but it's bad for me, now I remember being a little kid and hearing this in the programs. as friends and I didn't really understand what it meant, I was always taught to say sorry, of course, because I grew up in Britain and it's our favorite word, uh, but I remember hearing my bad and thinking you're bad like you're bad, no.

The bad thing is that it's a very informal and quite rude way of saying sorry, it's okay to use it with your friends and if it's not a serious mistake, okay, let's move on to thank you, thank you. I have eight alternatives to thank, a lot to do here first. one is you are a star, you are a star or you are an absolute star, we are using the word absolute instead of saying thank you, we are just telling someone that they are wonderful and that we appreciate them very much. Similar is that you are a lifesaver, you are a lifesaver, that means someone has done something that has saved you a lot of trouble, maybe you left your phone on a train and someone managed to contact you and return it to you. you are a lifesaver you have saved my life you have given me back my smartphone and that is my life another way to show that you really appreciate someone I don't know what I would do without you I don't know I don't know what I would do without you, very similar to lifesaver, another that it is a good way to respond to a compliment because if you are lucky enough to receive many compliments, you may find yourself saying thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone. time and it's a wonderful problem, but another phrase we can use is I appreciate that I appreciate it, I appreciate that yes, it's nice, so the next time you get a lot of praise you can alternate between thank you, I appreciate it, thank you.

I appreciate it, you're very lucky to have me, right? I've equipped you for your next influx of compliments. You're welcome, now something you can say if someone has gone the extra mile for you, if she's gone above and beyond. and beyond that it means going the extra mile, you can say you shouldn't have done it, you shouldn't have done it and this doesn't literally mean you shouldn't have done something, it's obviously done with a smile, it means you know you shouldn't do it. I've tried really hard, thank you very much, we finally have three informals, one is extremely British and there was actually a study the other day, I mean, a couple of years ago in a very unreliable newspaper, but I enjoyed reading it. says this word has now replaced thank you is cheers, cheers and this is typically something we say when we hit our drinks before drinking them, but now it's something we use instead of thanks, cheers, cheers, dude, thanks for that, another one that I don't like it and I've said it before in a video I don't like it in daycares and schools they encourage children to say tar instead of thank you because it's easier to say but when someone says ah tar a lot I just think it sounds like if they weren't putting in enough effort, but maybe I just need to get over myself and then the last one is fabulous, short for fabulous, it's just a way of saying great, thank you very much, fabulous, that's fabulous, okay, lastly. to the overused word number five, okay ok I have five here for you the first one is okey dokey okey dokey or is it Ned Flanders from the Simpsons saying oakleydokely maybe don't say that well you can okie dokie it's very common , it's definitely something that's informal use it among friends potentially don't write it in formal academic writing definitely don't use it in formal academic writing another very simple and simple alternative okay, okay, okay, they're almost exactly the same, we have very alright, alright, which almost implies a little bit of disgust, alright, if that's what you want then we're right, and this is one that comes from my fiancé.

I asked him just before writing this script if he could think of any other alternatives. for okay and he said, write oh and this is definitely one that's used by the older generation I think, but I think it's lovely and these older, more old-fashioned words are back in fashion if I said Oh, for right, my mother is coming to lunch, right, oh, well, okay, and the last one that is very commonly used in Britain when we don't want to express, you know, positive or negative emotions about something quite fair, fair enough, okay, no I have. feelings about this right, that was all for today's lesson.

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