The show of 29 August YouTube.
Hi, I'm Sarah. Welcome to the Daily English Show.
Today I will talk about different than .
Recently someone has made a comment after I had said different than .
I said: Is it different than your accent? (He's different than your accent?) Said
And the commentator, that is wrong. It should read different from .
The person who wrote it, said it it quite disturbing, which I find interesting.
I've never thought about before different than and different from made. So I've looked up and it turned out to be different from is standard English - but many people say different than . So, it's not really wrong, it's just not standard English. So I would say
is to learn English, then you should use the standard version. But if you want to say it colloquially, I think that's fine too.
You have to just accept that some people will tell you that it is wrong.
I personally have no problem with non-standard English - of course depending on the circumstances. When writing an essay for school, then you should definitely use standard English and follow the stylistic rules of the school or university.
But if you write a poem or something noted in his diary or writing your e-mail to a friend and you want to use non-standard English, then they should do it quietly, I would say.
And I think it is important to know that there are two different types of "errors".
First, there is just the real fault, that things would never say a native speaker, such as: Can you borrow me the book? (Can you lend me a book?) I think that these are the errors that you should focus on. And the other kind of "mistakes", I would not even call them mistakes - just not standard English.
And whether such colloquial expressions are false or not ... I would simply be left to the native speakers.
STICK NEWS
Kia Ora in Stick News today: Jim Carrey does an online video once and for assistance to the liberation of a woman in Myanmar.
Jim Carrey is a Canadian-American actor. He is known for his comedies.
But his latest role is not funny.
He steps in a video on behalf of the Human Rights Action Center and the U.S. Campaign for Burma on .
The goal is to free a woman from the government of Myanmar - is held - also known as Burma.
CNN reported that Aung San Suu Kyi received the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize for her nonviolent commitment to the overthrow of the oppressive military regime in Myanmar.
It is now under permanent house arrest.
And that was Stick News on Wednesday, 29 August. Kia Ora
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conversations with sarah
# 298 Do you use non-standard English?
Step 1: Repeat Toms text.
Step 2: Read Tom's text and say with Sarah.
Tom Do you use non-standard English?
Sarah Yip
Tom For example?
Sarah Ah, well, for example yip . That is colloquial. Standard English would yes.
Tom So it is better to says yes?
Sarah No, I do not think so. Not necessarily. It depends on the situation. If you want to be formal, then you should say yes yeah instead yip or .
Tom In which situations?
Sarah Ah, perhaps in a job interview. But it depends of course on the job. Also, for example at school, when I went to school and went through the teacher's name list, answered most of the students with yip or yi - but if it's a different kind of school, for example, a private school, then I could I imagine that the teachers the students to stop say yes.
Tom you have another example?
Sarah Ah, double negative, such as: I do not have no money (I have no money) . Ah, that's slang. In Standard English would be: I do not have any money.
Tom Do you use double negative?
Sarah No. But some native speakers do this
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