Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 557

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• 00:09

  Hi there, this is Harry.

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  Welcome back to Advanced English Lessons with Harry,

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  where I try to help you to get a better understanding of the English language,

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  to help you with your conversational skills, your business English skills,

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  interview skills, whatever your goals are, we're here to help.

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  And for those of you and your friends or family who want one-to-one lessons well you know what to do just get in touch www.englishlessonvia.com and you can apply for a free trial lesson and we'd be very happy to hear from you and very happy to help you.

• 00:42

  So what do I have for you in this podcast?

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  Well what we're going to look at now is the difference of the use of four and two, four and two.

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  So how do we use them and in what way do we use them?

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  So we're using these to express a purpose.

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  OK, so how do we use four or two when we want to express a purpose?

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  So four or two are usually with the infinitive for an individual purpose.

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  OK, so four is commonly used with nouns to express a particular individual purpose.

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  Let me give you an example.

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  I popped into the supermarket for some apples on the way home.

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  Okay, I popped meaning I called into the supermarket for some apples on the way home.

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  That was my purpose to buy the apples.

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  So it's not I popped into the supermarket for buying some apples.

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  It's I popped into the supermarket for some apples on the way home.

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  I stopped by at his office for a chat about our marketing strategy.

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