oh that's sad it's true Charlie has less

哦，那是可悲的，這是真的 查理少了。

girlfriends than Harry well that's an

比哈利的女朋友好，這是一個

obvious one isn't it any mistakes there

顯而易見的，是不是有什麼錯誤

no let's put London to the test with a

不，讓我們把倫敦的測試與一個。

grammar test let's go

文法測試

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Isabella yes

伊莎貝拉 是的

I'm going to show you a sentence okay

我給你看一句話 好的

and it may have a grammar mistake it may not

它可能有一個語法錯誤，它可能沒有。

I'd like you to correct the sentence if

我想請你糾正一下這句話，如果是

you think there is a mistake okay you

你以為是錯的 好吧

should have been that okay is that correct

應該是 好吧，是正確的

the aim of this is to make me look really stupid isn't it

這樣做的目的是讓我看起來很愚蠢，不是嗎？

no not at all not at all

不完全沒有完全沒有

thank you very much you should have been there

非常感謝你，你應該在那裡

I would say

我想說

you should have been there

你應該在那裡

can you read it out loud you should have been there

你能不能大聲念出來 你應該在那裡

no you should of

不，你應該

you should of been there should of been there okay

你應該在那裡 應該在那裡好嗎

can you go ahead and correct it if it needs correcting

如有需要，請你先去改一改

all right thank you very much

好吧，非常感謝你

so they all got this right but this is

所以他們都得到了這個權利，但這是

actually a really really common

其實真的很普通

orthographical error amongst native speakers in English

母語為英語的人的拼寫錯誤

but why do native

但為什麼本土

speakers commit this error the reason is

演講者出現這種錯誤的原因是

because the pronunciation of the

因為發音的

contracted form of the auxiliary verb

助動詞的縮略形式

have is pronounced exactly the same as

有的讀法和

the word of in connected speech

之字

for example instead of going out last night

比如說，昨天晚上不出去了

you should've stayed in instead of

早知如此，何必當初

going out last night you should've

昨夜你應該已經

stayed in əv əv əv

住在əv əv əv əv

so in connected speech the of

所以說

changes to əv and likewise with the

變化為əv，同樣也與

contracted version of the auxiliary verb have

縮略語

that changes from av to əv əv using the schwa again

絅

so then when we go to write words

那麼當我們去寫作文的時候

like should've would've and could've

早該如此，早該如此，早該如此

sometimes native speakers get confused

有時，母語者會感到困惑

and they write should of would of could of

他們寫的應該的應該的

it's clear that a zebra can't change its stripes

斑馬線是不會變的

it's clear that a zebra can't change its stripes

斑馬線是不會變的

is there a mistake in this one

這其中是否有誤

yes go ahead do okay

是的 去吧

we're just going to take a quick break

我們只是要採取一個快速的休息

to tell you about our amazing immersion courses

告訴你我們令人驚奇的沉浸式課程。

good morning students good morning teachers

同學們早安 老師早安

have you ever wanted to immerse yourself

你是否曾想沉浸在

in English and truly bring your studies to life

用英語授課，真正讓你的學習生活化

well now you can come and live with your

現在你可以來和你的

teachers in a gorgeous house

金屋藏嬌

improve your English skills gain a ton of

提高你的英語技能，獲得大量的

confidence have lessons every day be

信心天天有課

taken to some of the most beautiful

被帶到一些最美麗的

places in England eat some great food

在英國的地方吃一些偉大的食物

and be given group activities to help

並開展小組活動，以幫助

you bond for a lifetime with your fellow

你與你的同胞結下了一生的緣分

classmates this is a language course

同學們 這是一門語言課程

like no other but we have limited

無獨有偶

availability so act now if you'd like a

如果你想獲得一個

place our course dates are in the

我們的課程日期是在

description box and you can head over to

描述框，您可以前往

our website for further details back to the video

我們的網站進一步的細節回視頻

err so first off it's like that it's clear that a zebra can't zebra can't change

呃，所以首先它是這樣的，它很清楚斑馬不能斑馬不能改變的。

is there a correction to be made yes

是否有需要更正的地方 是的

all right go ahead

好了，開始吧

I think that's correct I well done man perfect

我想這是正確的，我 好樣的

yeah very good well done Isabella

是啊 很好 很好 伊莎貝拉

because it is is grammatically correct so you put the apostrophe there to change it from it is to it's

因為it is在文法上是正確的，所以你把撇號放在那裡，把it is改成it's

now you might be thinking this is quite an easy sentence

現在你可能會覺得這句話很簡單了

to correct but actually for lots of native

來糾正，但實際上對於很多原生

speakers it's quite difficult and

揚聲器，這是相當困難和

you might have noticed that some of our

你可能已經注意到，我們的一些

participants in this video did actually

本視頻的參與者實際上

find it quite tricky when it came to

感到棘手的是

this second its

此時其

so we put this in to try

所以我們就把這個放進去試試

to confuse people because often people

糊弄人，因為人們常常

incorrectly put an apostrophe before the

誤將省略號加在了

S thinking that the possessive adjective

S認為，佔有式形容詞

requires an apostrophe but of course it

需要一個撇號，但它當然是

doesn't now why do they think this it's

現在沒有，為什麼他們認為這它的

because when it comes to singular nouns and we're talking about possession

因為當涉及到單數名詞時，我們談論的是佔有。

we need to use an apostrophe

要用撇號

for example this is Charlie's whiteboard

比如這是查理的白板。

the girl's bike the president's suit and

女孩的自行車 總統的西裝和

then what people do is they incorrectly

那麼人們所做的就是他們不正確地

apply this possessive apostrophe to the

用這個省略號來表示

third-person non gender-specific

第三人稱

possessive adjective like this the

這樣的

zebra hated its stripes but of course it

斑馬討厭它的條紋，但當然，它

should be it's without the apostrophe

應該是去掉了撇號的 "的"。

the same thing occurs as well with 'whose'

同理

people often put the apostrophe before

人們往往在前面加上撇號

the S incorrectly but it should be who's like this

錯了，應該是 "誰是這樣的"。

Charlie has less girlfriends in Harry. Charlie has less girlfriends than Harry.

查理的女朋友比哈利少。查理的女朋友比哈利少。

Oh that's sad! it's true. Charlie has less girlfriends

哦，那很悲哀！這是真的。查理的女朋友少了

than Harry. Well that's an obvious one isn't it?

比哈利。這是個很明顯的問題，不是嗎？ Well that's an obvious one isn't it?

Charlie has a less girlfriends than Harry

查理的女朋友比哈利少得多。

Any mistakes there? No

有錯誤嗎？沒有啊

Is there a correction to be made? And if so, go ahead! No

是否有需要改正的地方？如果有，請繼續！沒有啊

May I correct it? All right, going over to the other side

我可以糾正一下嗎？好了，到另一邊去

no no no than is a...don't do it! Had less..wait!

不，不，不，不，比是一個... ... 不要做了！有少...等等!

No you can do it in present, has less than 'cos you're comparing! 'Than' we're gonna keep it 'charlie has less gfs than Harry

不，你可以用 "現在"，"比"，因為你是在比較！"比"，我們要保持 "查理的老婆比哈里少"。"比 "我們要保持 "查理的女朋友比哈里少

no mistakes unless you spell Charlie a

沒有錯誤，除非你把查理拼成了

different way. Ha ha yeah. Or you could say not

不同的方式。哈哈，是啊。或者你可以說不是

as many if you wanted to do that. Assuming

如果你想這樣做的話，一樣多。假設

Harry has any girlfriends. Good question, does he?

哈利有女朋友嗎？好問題，他有嗎？

He's good looking enough.. ha ha

他已經夠帥了... ...哈哈。

there we go

又來了

it should be fewer girlfriends than Harry

應該是比哈利的女朋友還少吧？

okay. And I think the apostrophe's

好的我認為撇號的...

wrong too isn't it? Yes the apostrophe should

也是錯的，不是嗎？是的，應該用引號

be there 'cos it's plural and that should be fewer

在那裡，因為它是複數，這應該是少的。

it's like the Sainsbury's queue isn't it?

這就像Sainsbury's的隊列，不是嗎?

five items or less

五件以下

they've changed it now to five items or

他們現在改成了五項或。

fewer there we have it Sainsbury's even

更少有我們有它塞恩斯伯裡甚至

make the mistake as do many natives the

誤人子弟

correction should be fewer and it's

糾正應該更少，它的

because girlfriends is accountable

因為女朋友是負責任的

Charlie has fewer girlfriends than Harry

查理的女朋友比哈利少

I'm the monogamous of the two and of

我是一夫一妻制的，也是... ...

course we had an apostrophe over here

當然，我們這裡有一個撇號

that needs to be removed because it's just the plural of girlfriend

那需要刪除，因為它只是女朋友的複數。

And of course we do not need an apostrophe for plurals

當然，我們也不需要為複數加上撇號。

now do we? We're not mental! That's

現在我們怎麼辦？我們不是精神病！那是...

all for today but thanks for watching

今天就到這裡了，謝謝大家的觀看

and we hope you have found this both

我們希望你能發現這兩個

useful and entertaining if you're a

如果你是一個有用的和娛樂的

native English speaker please comment

母語為英語的人請評論

below if you make any of these mistakes

如果你犯了這些錯誤，請在下面留言

and if you're an English Learner we hope

如果你是一名英語學習者，我們希望

this video reassures you that it's okay

這段視頻讓你放心，它是好的。

to make mistakes if native speakers do

出錯

it why shouldn't you please give us a

何不請你給我們來一個

thumbs up if you want to see part two of

如果你想看第二部分，請豎起大拇指。

this grammar test and see you again soon

這次文法測試，很快就會再見到你

for another video

對於另一個視頻