English Pronunciation – 3 Common Mistakes part 1

one point..

it’s not James’s pen, it’s James’ pen

Rieko

what’s up james?
im the guy who always helps you to get late
and today i have another questions
i hope you can help me..
i have some probrems speaking expressions -ing, like>
“it’s (not) worth(Ving)”
there’s no point in(Ving)
there’s no use(ving)

pleeeeea help us
see ya man

brunovianini

Hi Rieko,

The point you made is not as correct as you might believe.

In the case of single pronouns, “S” is preceded by an apostrophe in most cases.
This includes names like James or Charles (they become James’s or Charles’s)

However if the word is more difficult to pronounce, then the version without the “S” is possible. (James’ or Charles’)

When writing, the key is consistency, if you use one form you must use the same form throughout your writing.

The best way to avoid this problem is to use the “of phrase”

For example:
This is the centre of Toronto.

Instead of:

This is Toronto’s centre.

I hope this helps

James

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khanghaxuan

Reiko, here is a new lesson I have recorded on this topic:

https://www.engvid.com/english-spelling-apostrophe-s-after-s/

James

BOTH ARE CORRECT. YOU CAN WRITE EITHER James’s pen OR James’ pen

JEFFERSON

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I have a question please , I don’t know when exactly we should put ” ‘s ” at the ending of the sentence ?????
Thank you .

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daniel

I was making Rieko’s “mistake” too. I thought that, since there was an “s” at the end of the word, I had to add the “‘”.
Instead, (if I got it right) I should have focused on the fact that “James” it’s singular. Therefore…if I’m talking about “the Roses’ cars” (where Roses is the plural of the surname Rose) I have to add the “‘” and not “‘s”. Am I correct? Thank you.
By the way, your way of teaching is great!!!

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I hope I can find you still because I need you! I have many doubst when it comes to my writing and speaking English. For instance the use of gerund or the infinite. PLease James, could you tell me which of the followings statements is correct:
It was just a meeting, nothing relevant, with the exception that for the first 20 minutes I was forced to listen to the assistant’s merits and experience, so I could understand that it was ok to have the meeting with her instead of him.
Or
It was just a meeting, nothing relevant, with the exception that for the first 20 minutes I was forced to hear the assistant merits and experience, so I could understand that it was ok having the meeting with her instead of him.
Thanks for everything James!
MC

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randika

arrggh!! I would love to watch this lesson, but I have to stop. That unwanted sound of James’ pen hurts so bad. :(

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Hey James Are the above sentences are correct ?
do they need any corrections??

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Cm punk

James, when you say:”The best way to avoid this problem is to use the “of phrase”…do you want to say that we can use “of phrase” all the time ? Thanks

Dany

Hi! James you lesson are very good and easy to understand.
I would like to know,how can I improve the pronunciation of the later “F”
Thank you!

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There are hundreds of irregular verbs in English — here’s a list of the most common ones.

engVid Moderator

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Dibanos

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Thái Hà

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Ines

Hello
Is there a rule for the correct pronunciation of words starting with “ex”?
ex.pect /ɪkˈspɛkt/
Now stress is on second syllable, but I’d like to know why we tell the stress with ‘S’.
Could you please help me ?
Feel free and share your ideas.

Farid

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ellaami

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Sara

Thanks James for this lesson but there is one common I need to tell when you said James’s pen IT IS James’ pen

Rawa0a

Interesting helpful lesson..thank you very much

argenis

Thanks James. It’s simple but clear lesson.

suryodevlin

James please clear up me the sentence
(proposition) “James’s pen”, you used somehow “Saxon genitive”?
Thank you very much.

Iliescu Cornel

Hi, Thank you very much for the lecture, it’s fabulous.

By the way, I’ll be very appreciated if you make a video to distinguish “dz”, “z”, and “th” (sound). They are very difficult to me!

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moon-ai

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Djoune02

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More the tender

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Best regards from Warsaw.

JanuszW

I have had a doubt about the use of the possessive because I studied it in the past as the Saxon Genitive and I think that it’s the same question. Thanks a lot teacher James from EngVid.