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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Lesson 375. The title of today's lesson is
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do not use "a pair of" in the general sense. Okay. Let's look at the note
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here. Use "a pair of' in the individual sense for a specific person. You know,
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probably at a specific time or at a specific event. Okay. Let's continue. Of
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course with the X, this would be wrong. Why do you always wear a pair of black
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pants ? All right. Now once you hear always, that immediately implies the general
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sense because it's you know, all the time. We're not talking about a specific event
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or a specific time. So why do you always wear a pair of black pants and if you
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said that, to be honest it sounds like the person is wearing the same black
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pants. And you may not mean that. They may actually in fact wear different black
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pants. It's just that they like black pants. So they wear black pants all the
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time. So here with check this would be correct. Why do you always wear black
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pants ? That's what we should say. We shouldn't be saying why do you always
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wear a pair of black pants. All right. Again this is one where you know,
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especially students of ESL make this mistake. A native speaker instinctively
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will know that this sounds a little weird. He probably would not say this. All
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right. Let's continue again here. With the next X. She always wears a pair of
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sneakers. Again always implies the general sense. So with the check this would be
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correct. She always wears sneakers . Maybe you know, anytime you see her if she has
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sneakers on, you never see her with regular shoes. She always wears sneakers.
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And again it may not be the same pair of sneakers, She might have several. Let's
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continue. With the X. Again this is wrong. He likes to wear a pair of sunglasses
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when he goes skiing. Now again it sounds awkward. It sounds weird. It is the general
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sense because you know, likes means you like to do this all the time. He likes to
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wear sunglasses when he goes skiing. That
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should be it. So here with the check this would be correct. All right. Let's
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continue. And then just a few other examples where we should say a pair of
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something. I need to buy a new pair of sunglasses. All right. So yeah, this will be
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you know, a specific event that's coming up. That you're planning to do this. You
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want to buy a new pair. It's not really the general sense. Or number ... the
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second one here. With the check. I bought 2 pairs of jeans because they were on
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sale. This would be you know, probably at a specific time, at a specific event.
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While the sale was on, he went in and he bought 2 pairs of jeans. Okay. I hope you
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got it. I hope it was clear. I hope it was informative. Thank you for your time.
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Bye-bye.