When NOT to use 'to' in English
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- Опубліковано 18 лип 2013
- "I'm going home" or I'm going to home"? "I'm going school" or "I'm going to school?" Why do we use 'to' with some words and not with others? In this English grammar class, I'll teach you many words that don't go with 'to'. This is a mistake that sounds bad to native speakers, so try to learn these words and stop making this mistake! Go here to take a quiz on this lesson: www.engvid.com/when-not-to-us...
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"Are you going to home?" "Are you going home?" "Where are you going?" "What are you doing?" You're watching a video. My name's Ronnie. I'm going to teach you one trick. Finally, you will understand why in English, we say "I'm going to school" or "I'm going to work." But when we talk about our beautiful, warm, and cozy home we don't say "to". Why, why, why, I don't know. It's just English, isn't it? I can give you some clues. I'll give you some words. You will get this right away. It will be easy for you to do.
So if you look at this sentence, "Are you going home?" A very, very big mistake that everyone says will be, "Are you going to home?" And I go, "No, no 'to'. Don't say 'to'. Don't say 'to', no!" Okay, okay, okay, "Are you going home?" Yes, don't say "to", but why? You learned that when you are going someplace, you say "to". For example, "Are you going to bed?" We don't say "to the bed", by the way. We just say bed. "Are you going to bed?" "Are you going to work?" Or you can use the past tense, "Did you go to work?" "Did you go to school?" "Did you go to engvid.com today, and check out a new lesson?" But when you say "home", you do not use "to". So you know the rule, maybe that this is a noun. This is a noun, so when you use going to a place which is a noun, you have to say "to", and then you come along, and you find this beautiful home, and Ronnie freaks out, because you say "to" and then you don't understand why. I don't know but I will give you a list of words that are places. But all of these words on this board, you cannot use with "to". So "are you going abroad?" You cannot ask someone, "Are you going to abroad?" If you look in the dictionary; the dictionary, one of those books. If you look at an online dictionary it'll tell you that these are adverbs of location, whereas the other ones you've learned are nouns.
But hold on, "home" is a noun. Home is just this big exception going, "No, I am a noun. I don't want to have "to". All of these ones are not proper nouns, they're adverbs of location. Let's go through underground, underneath the surface of the land. If you have ever been to London, there's a big system called the Tube. It's also called the "underground". Most places in the world call it the "underground". In Canada, we call it the subway -- "sub" means "under". So you can say, "I'm going underground. I'm going underground." If you know The Jam -- "Wow, what an amazing band, Ronnie," I know. You will know this song called "I'm Going Underground." Maybe by the magic of video, we'll put on that video for you. "I'm going underground." "I'm going downtown," or you can say "uptown". I would just sing songs for everything, "Uptown Girls" -- little bit of Billy Joel for you. Uptown, downtown -- you don't need the "to". There, here, anywhere, nowhere, somewhere -- you don't need "to". In, inside, out, outside, upstairs, downstairs don't use "to". They're not nouns. They're places.
One other thing to be very careful about, please, when you say this you want to say "upstairs" and "downstairs." Too many times I hear people say, "I went down-stair." Only one, just one stair, I made it. "I went up-stair." And then what did you do? You just stood there? Wow, don't say "down-stair, up-stair". Please use all of the stairs. Go up, okay? That'll be fun, more exciting. You can fall down the stairs too, that's fun. But again, we don't say "to". "I'm going downstairs." "I'm coming upstairs."
If you are confused, or if you have ever been confused about when to use "to", the only advice I can give you is please remember this list of words. Once you have remembered this list, you'll go, "Oh that was easy." [That was easy.]" Yes, it was. Thank you, goodbye.
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I am absolutely convinced that when a teacher is amusing and jokey, lessons become more interesting and pupils are more engaged in the process of studying, we memorize better! Thank you, Ronnie!
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Can you make a video about when NOT to use "THE"?
Diana Garcia You use "The" when you refer to something unique and specific. For e.g. The Sun , The City of London or if you are referring to your stuff you lent to your friend few days ago . e.g I want "the" book I gave you last Monday . You want that specific book and not other books you might have given her before .
You don't use "The" when it is the exact opposite of the above examples.
A car , An apple , A book . e.g. I want a book to write something . I want to go to a restaurant .
You don't use "the" when your subject is not unique and specific . In the above statements , you don't care about which book or which restaurant . Same sentences with "the" will be , I want to write something on the book with a red cover . I want to go to the restaurant that serves Italian food.
Hope this helps :)
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You are funny.... We love you, Ronnie.
Hi Ronnie! I like that you give pronunciation tips in the middle of your grammar lessons. Please continue doing that. I appreciate it. You're the best.
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I luv u Ronnie! I´m going "to" bed right now, cuz it´s 2h AM here in Brazil and early morning I gotta go "to" work. U´re awesome, dear.
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I love her personalty also and she mixed with humor when she teach an english subject.hehe and thank god and also thanks to miss ronnie for helping people that we have an able to go to school. We hope that we lot to learn english language. And i don't know if my comments is perfect but i tried my best.thank you again to miss ronnie.Even i can't speak in english to people but i understand a little english languange.Godbless😇
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My English started from scratch level until I watched her channel and hardly with myself to learn free English for 1 year and as the result was so improved with me . ThKs so much. It’s very fun to learn English with you and more easy to understand. She is awesome dare I can say.
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Thank you very much
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And i want to say that everyone loves you Ronnie
it is a gift
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Hi Ronnie, it’s the second class of yours I’m watching and I already love you and your classes. Thanks for being teaching for foreign students like me.
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because simply "home" is not a place ! "to" is used with physical places..home is basically a state of mind, house is the physical counterpart of "home"
tarek baziz Absolutely, you would not say ‘I am going appartement’ or ‘I am going flat’ but ‘I am going to the appartement’ or ‘or ‘I am going to my flat’
Perfect !!
Good illustration Mr. Tariq though the good teacher Roonie didn't provide ur good justification..she said she didn't know!!!!!!?!!. My conclusion is that: though English, is a lovely language, yet, it 'sometimes crazy & illogical
Ex. If the plural of " box" is boxes .. why ox is oxen.& not oxes .. if the past of read is read pronounced
/red/..why the past of lead is led. /led/
We have almost the same consonants' sounds & vowels in both verbs.
This maybe because it is a produce of multi so different languges. i.e it is , so t speak, a multi hybrid language.
@@ahmedbusati6268 == Every language is illogical , accept the rules or you're gonna be nuts! ==(gilberto lehrer from brazil)
@@gillehrer2824 except the Arabic language
I understand everything you say. It help me a lot with my English vocabulary. Ronnie, you're amazing.
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My Conversation so poor.🙁
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That was interesting and really easy. Thank you.
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I am going to Anna’s home
I am going to her home
I am going to my home
I am going abroad
I am going crazy
I am going home
ING indicates something that has already started
TO indicates a futurity
So, ‘I am going home’ means that in my mind I am already there because my home is within my emotional sphere.
But ‘I am going to Anna’s home’ means an intention to go there, an action that may have started but that also says that, Anna’s home is not within my own boundaries.
I am going abroad
I am going to France
I am going oversea
I am going to Egypt
Here ING indicates clearly that the action has already started. Indeed, going abroad or oversea is not something that can be done overnight; the journey needs to be prepared; find a ship, a team of sailors, a good captain. While going to London could only mean a horse ride or a day journey by foot.
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In past, it works the same way?
This is so helpful to improve my English skills, Thanks a lot!
(btw，can anyone explain why people usually use “suggest someone do”, but “want someone ‘to’ do”&”allow someone ‘to’ do”? )
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Just love your method of teaching. Your personaity makes us feel like were having fun. I even use your classes as reference since I forget alot of these details. Keep making more
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“Thank you lady”, you’re funny and interesting, and I heard clearly “gohin- nuhnderground”. I’m trying to link the sound between going and vowels starting words.
Thanks so much !!
Now I can fall downstairs and to know the proper way to talk about it.
haha
Cheers
Ah, but when you are falling down the stairs , do you say, "@#$%^! it!" or "@#$%^! TO it!" ?
While I am riding stairs to successfully to reach my target bu i have got confusing in two week once of time
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Why I can't find a native speaker to speak with him :O or at least someone who is good enough in English to improve our English,
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BTW I am just quite fluent in English!
But still have problems with my pronunciations!
Thanks a bunch in advance!
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I've got the same thing here :S
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"Home" in the example sentence is actually an adverb, however it could be a noun in a different context.
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Good job there. As an educator I really appreciate your effort and energy,
nevertheless, you start by saying: You will finally understand why..., and I will give you a trick, but then you keep saying: I don't know why and then just give a list.
I hope you take my observation as a way to improve your following vids!
Thank you for being awesome!
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That was easy! :)
oh! I like "I am going underground" (1980) by The Jam!!!!! :-)))))))
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Thank you so much Ronnei! You are great. You have a Brazilian fan here.
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Татьяна Тараненко Jesus, the letters are reversed in your language (и, л, я,..) . And it seems there's more simbols than mandarin (ф, д, г,...) kkk. I really liked it!
Raphael Fernandes Martins Russian is very simple language. Now here is a very simple severt: We have only one main latter "Х" in russian language. And only one word "ХУЙ"(khuy) is main in russian. And only one sentence is main: "Ты хуй" or "Ты хуйло". If you want show your skills in russian, you can say: "Ты хуйло"(Ty khuylo) or "Ты хуй"(Ty khuy) and any of russians understand you.
с таким набором фраз далеко не уйдёшь. лично я ими не пользуюсь и другим не рекомендую=)
***** Actually, I see that the main problem is to understand the conversation part. I understand some spanish words and even in german, but when someone speaks russian, is very hard to pick up the words. Here in Brazil there's no almost nothing about russian lessons book, but it seems really interisting for me.
I'm from America and I never realized that we didnt say 'to' when speaking of 'home.' wow
Hey! may be you can help me. I speak English, but I need to know what the word "tho" is. Really I don't understand it :c
Rebecca Bermúdez most likely its short for the word 'though.'
its a short for the word though like Ami said... Look at the sample "she loved a novel tho' she could not read hard words"
I'm not an english teacher, however I think "tho" means "you" in old english- note that, in german "you" means "du" so resemblance is striking :)
Marek Cichon, I think you mean the word "thou." which mean "you" in old english. Tho is simply an internet/text abbreviation for "though."
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Looks like the list contains places that are not too specific or physical, like "anywhere".
And home doesn't need to be a place with walls and a roof. Under a bridge can be the home to a homeless guy.
Maybe this has something to do with it?
CandyCreep Ent can you say I am going to house ?
I am going to a house.
I am going to the house.
.
.
these two sentences are fine too.
How about the bed ?. Bed could be whatever place also, mainly when you are asleep
Marcos Silva No, a bed is a specific object. Sure, you can use anything AS a bed, but that doesn't mean that it IS a bed.
CandyCreep Ent So under a bridge could be quite well a house but the floor can't be a bed ?
You are so much fun! :)
Thanks Ronnie you’re doing a pretty much good work there 🙌🏻❤️ “that was truly easy “👍🏻
you are the best teacher woman.
from mexico greetings
what's difference in between "downtown and uptown" ?
Do u sure? DOWN AND UP, WHAT's Not Clear?
Downtown means city centre, But Uptown What's the meaning?
Uptown means up as in class so, the fancier, richer, more affluent part of town.
*What's the difference between.....* without "in" ;DD
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Actually, in this case "home" is an adverb, not noun.
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A prime example how the use of speech has become 'lazy'.
If a person said to me that they are going home, I would ask, "To whose home are you going? Are you going to your home, or your parents home, maybe even a friends home!"
This is why description in a 'statement' is important. I am going to my home, I am going to my parents home, I am going to my friends home' and of course the work home is often interchangeable with the word house... some people do not use the word home to describe where they live as it might be temporary accommodation they live in whilst a Student and their 'home' is in another town or even another country.
When I am going on the Underground Trains, I do not say 'I am going underground' as it is ambiguous, it can mean several different things. I state I am going 'to' the underground and then it is clear I am catching a train or maybe meeting someone at the Underground Station....!
Even the other examples given are not strictly accurate, I could say, "I am going to somewhere I have not been before", "I am going to the upstairs bathroom", "I am going to the downstairs basement"
Statements that contain no description are what lead to confusion and result in lazy speech and on that note, "I am going to nowhere in particular!"
Wouldn't it simply be easier to say that you must always use 'to' in front of words that can be both nouns and verbs? 'Work' and 'bed' can function as both nouns and verbs; therefore, you need to separate the verb 'going' from the verb 'work', because there are instances where two verbs can be next to one another, like 'doing work'. So, to show that you're referring to the noun, you just say 'going to work'. That's what my brain's been doing all this time. It may be wrong, but it's worked just fine for me thus far.
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Thank you, you are the best teacher nowadays!
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RONNIE what about classes ? did you go to the class? / did you go to class?
Very interesting!!! Cheers, Alex
No, I haven't seen any classes. Do you recommend?
See at 1.40'' your answer
or ''Did you go class''? Yeah?...
Did you go to class? 📚
Let me know why we can not use 'From' and'to' in a single sentence
I love you Ronie ....you 're hard workin ...with your special style...
you are the best teacher and the most beatiful. i love ronnie. from venezuela.
English makes no since.
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I like your fun way of teaching. Thank you very much.