WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.920 want to speed up your language learning 2 00:00:01.920 --> 00:00:04.319 get access to all of our best PDF cheat 3 00:00:04.319 --> 00:00:06.359 sheets for free just click the link in 4 00:00:06.359 --> 00:00:07.980 the description and sign up for your 5 00:00:07.980 --> 00:00:10.139 free lifetime account right now 6 00:00:10.139 --> 00:00:12.300 hi everybody welcome back to ask Alicia 7 00:00:12.300 --> 00:00:14.040 the weekly series where you ask me 8 00:00:14.040 --> 00:00:16.379 questions and I answer them maybe let's 9 00:00:16.379 --> 00:00:18.000 get to your first question this week 10 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:19.920 first question this week comes from 11 00:00:19.920 --> 00:00:22.619 Eduardo hi Eduardo Eduardo says hi 12 00:00:22.619 --> 00:00:24.779 Alicia what's the difference between as 13 00:00:24.779 --> 00:00:28.380 long as so long as and providing thanks 14 00:00:28.380 --> 00:00:31.679 ah nice question as long as so long as 15 00:00:31.679 --> 00:00:35.760 and providing okay so we can use these 16 00:00:35.760 --> 00:00:37.739 three words or these three expressions 17 00:00:37.739 --> 00:00:41.640 in the same way in some cases so let's 18 00:00:41.640 --> 00:00:43.800 take a look at an example sentence or an 19 00:00:43.800 --> 00:00:46.379 example situation where we could use all 20 00:00:46.379 --> 00:00:48.840 of these so for example you can go to 21 00:00:48.840 --> 00:00:50.760 the party as long as you finish your 22 00:00:50.760 --> 00:00:53.340 homework or you can go to the party so 23 00:00:53.340 --> 00:00:55.680 long as you finish your homework or you 24 00:00:55.680 --> 00:00:57.239 can go to the party providing you finish 25 00:00:57.239 --> 00:00:59.699 your homework so all of these sentences 26 00:00:59.699 --> 00:01:02.280 are correct they all mean you can go to 27 00:01:02.280 --> 00:01:04.920 the party if you do your homework so the 28 00:01:04.920 --> 00:01:07.680 expression as long as or so long as as 29 00:01:07.680 --> 00:01:10.080 you might also hear it used means if the 30 00:01:10.080 --> 00:01:12.959 this condition is true or only if this 31 00:01:12.959 --> 00:01:15.180 condition is true can this other thing 32 00:01:15.180 --> 00:01:17.159 be possible or can this other thing be 33 00:01:17.159 --> 00:01:19.200 done so you can go to the party as long 34 00:01:19.200 --> 00:01:20.880 as you finish your homework sounds like 35 00:01:20.880 --> 00:01:22.619 saying if you don't finish your homework 36 00:01:22.619 --> 00:01:25.259 you cannot go to the party right so we 37 00:01:25.259 --> 00:01:28.438 use as long as and so long as to do this 38 00:01:28.438 --> 00:01:30.959 and providing can also be used to do 39 00:01:30.959 --> 00:01:33.360 this but providing is something that 40 00:01:33.360 --> 00:01:35.938 sounds much more formal or more official 41 00:01:35.938 --> 00:01:38.400 so although I used it in the example 42 00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:40.680 sentence earlier that wasn't necessarily 43 00:01:40.680 --> 00:01:43.200 a natural example sentence grammatically 44 00:01:43.200 --> 00:01:45.479 you can go to the party providing you do 45 00:01:45.479 --> 00:01:48.180 your homework sounds maybe in most cases 46 00:01:48.180 --> 00:01:50.579 way too formal for kind of an everyday 47 00:01:50.579 --> 00:01:53.220 exchange between a parent and a child 48 00:01:53.220 --> 00:01:55.979 probably but we would see this providing 49 00:01:55.979 --> 00:01:58.979 term used more in official agreements 50 00:01:58.979 --> 00:02:01.259 like in contracts documents some maybe 51 00:02:01.259 --> 00:02:03.780 like business email for example when you 52 00:02:03.780 --> 00:02:06.180 want to give that same feeling of as 53 00:02:06.180 --> 00:02:08.340 long as this is true this other thing 54 00:02:08.340 --> 00:02:11.160 will be possible we use providing to do 55 00:02:11.160 --> 00:02:13.260 that in a very quick and efficient and 56 00:02:13.260 --> 00:02:15.780 very sophisticated way so I mentioned 57 00:02:15.780 --> 00:02:17.940 that you can use these three terms or 58 00:02:17.940 --> 00:02:20.520 these three Expressions sometimes in the 59 00:02:20.520 --> 00:02:22.919 same manner or in the same situation and 60 00:02:22.919 --> 00:02:24.720 that's when you want to express this 61 00:02:24.720 --> 00:02:28.860 only if situation so only if this is 62 00:02:28.860 --> 00:02:31.080 true can you do this other thing that's 63 00:02:31.080 --> 00:02:33.419 the situation or that's the condition in 64 00:02:33.419 --> 00:02:35.220 which it's okay to use all three of 65 00:02:35.220 --> 00:02:37.440 these in the same manner however of 66 00:02:37.440 --> 00:02:40.260 course you can use as long as in a 67 00:02:40.260 --> 00:02:43.139 completely different way as long as can 68 00:02:43.139 --> 00:02:45.180 also be used to talk about two things 69 00:02:45.180 --> 00:02:47.700 that are of equal length right for 70 00:02:47.700 --> 00:02:51.180 example this phone is as long as that 71 00:02:51.180 --> 00:02:52.980 phone that means they have the same 72 00:02:52.980 --> 00:02:56.099 length right so my iPhone is as long as 73 00:02:56.099 --> 00:02:58.739 his Android for example so if you want 74 00:02:58.739 --> 00:03:00.900 to talk about the lengths of two objects 75 00:03:00.900 --> 00:03:03.720 you can use as long as we cannot use so 76 00:03:03.720 --> 00:03:05.459 long as and of course we cannot use 77 00:03:05.459 --> 00:03:07.980 providing in this way so keep that in 78 00:03:07.980 --> 00:03:10.440 mind as long as does also have this this 79 00:03:10.440 --> 00:03:12.540 other meaning this other use that we use 80 00:03:12.540 --> 00:03:14.459 to talk about two things that are of 81 00:03:14.459 --> 00:03:17.459 equal length but for your question as 82 00:03:17.459 --> 00:03:19.919 long as so long as and providing have 83 00:03:19.919 --> 00:03:21.840 the same use but they do have different 84 00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:24.239 feels I would recommend that you use as 85 00:03:24.239 --> 00:03:26.879 long as in everyday conversation so long 86 00:03:26.879 --> 00:03:29.159 as is less commonly used in American 87 00:03:29.159 --> 00:03:31.620 English and providing tends to be used 88 00:03:31.620 --> 00:03:33.599 more in business English and other 89 00:03:33.599 --> 00:03:36.000 official documentation so I hope this 90 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:37.319 helps you thanks very much for the 91 00:03:37.319 --> 00:03:39.300 question okay let's move on to your next 92 00:03:39.300 --> 00:03:42.299 question next question comes from Vijay 93 00:03:42.299 --> 00:03:45.420 hi Vijay Vijay says hey Alicia are the 94 00:03:45.420 --> 00:03:47.819 last two weeks and the past two weeks 95 00:03:47.819 --> 00:03:51.120 interchangeable nice question okay the 96 00:03:51.120 --> 00:03:52.860 last two weeks in the past two weeks 97 00:03:52.860 --> 00:03:55.739 this depends on context this depends on 98 00:03:55.739 --> 00:03:59.340 the situation so for example I ate so 99 00:03:59.340 --> 00:04:01.739 much junk food in the last two weeks and 100 00:04:01.739 --> 00:04:04.200 I ate so much junk food in the past two 101 00:04:04.200 --> 00:04:06.420 weeks are exactly the same we're talking 102 00:04:06.420 --> 00:04:08.760 about the previous two weeks so before 103 00:04:08.760 --> 00:04:10.319 this conversation before the the 104 00:04:10.319 --> 00:04:12.120 statement we're talking about the two 105 00:04:12.120 --> 00:04:15.120 weeks prior right so in this situation 106 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:17.279 they are completely interchangeable you 107 00:04:17.279 --> 00:04:18.959 can use them in exactly the same way 108 00:04:18.959 --> 00:04:20.579 they have exactly the same feeling 109 00:04:20.579 --> 00:04:23.639 however there are some cases where you 110 00:04:23.639 --> 00:04:25.500 can use the last two weeks in a 111 00:04:25.500 --> 00:04:27.600 situation but you cannot apply the past 112 00:04:27.600 --> 00:04:30.479 two weeks and create a correct sentence 113 00:04:30.479 --> 00:04:33.419 so for example let's imagine that you're 114 00:04:33.419 --> 00:04:35.220 part of a group that is planning a 115 00:04:35.220 --> 00:04:37.320 schedule for a project and you want to 116 00:04:37.320 --> 00:04:39.900 look at the final two weeks of something 117 00:04:39.900 --> 00:04:42.600 right so when you say to your group okay 118 00:04:42.600 --> 00:04:45.540 I want to talk about the last two weeks 119 00:04:45.540 --> 00:04:47.940 of the project that means that you want 120 00:04:47.940 --> 00:04:50.759 to look at the final two weeks in your 121 00:04:50.759 --> 00:04:52.800 schedule so maybe you're thinking ahead 122 00:04:52.800 --> 00:04:55.199 in your plan so maybe you're in month 123 00:04:55.199 --> 00:04:57.300 one right now but you want to talk about 124 00:04:57.300 --> 00:04:59.339 month three of the project you want to 125 00:04:59.339 --> 00:05:01.440 talk about the last two weeks of the 126 00:05:01.440 --> 00:05:04.620 project in that case you cannot say the 127 00:05:04.620 --> 00:05:07.500 past two weeks so the past two weeks or 128 00:05:07.500 --> 00:05:09.300 three weeks or four weeks however long 129 00:05:09.300 --> 00:05:12.540 so the past two weeks the past one is 130 00:05:12.540 --> 00:05:14.400 always going to refer to a point in time 131 00:05:14.400 --> 00:05:17.759 in the past when you talk about the last 132 00:05:17.759 --> 00:05:20.759 of something it can mean the most recent 133 00:05:20.759 --> 00:05:23.039 of something the last few days the last 134 00:05:23.039 --> 00:05:25.259 few weeks and so on but when you're 135 00:05:25.259 --> 00:05:27.360 talking about a schedule especially like 136 00:05:27.360 --> 00:05:29.100 a schedule in the future as in my 137 00:05:29.100 --> 00:05:31.919 example situation you need to rely on 138 00:05:31.919 --> 00:05:34.259 the context of the situation so if 139 00:05:34.259 --> 00:05:35.520 you're looking at a schedule for the 140 00:05:35.520 --> 00:05:37.139 next three months and someone in your 141 00:05:37.139 --> 00:05:39.240 group says okay let's talk about the 142 00:05:39.240 --> 00:05:41.400 last two weeks here that means let's 143 00:05:41.400 --> 00:05:43.800 look at the final two weeks in our 144 00:05:43.800 --> 00:05:46.320 project schedule so pay attention to the 145 00:05:46.320 --> 00:05:48.600 context you cannot say let's look at the 146 00:05:48.600 --> 00:05:50.580 past two weeks in our schedule that 147 00:05:50.580 --> 00:05:52.740 would not be correct here so please keep 148 00:05:52.740 --> 00:05:54.479 this in mind generally in everyday 149 00:05:54.479 --> 00:05:56.580 conversation we're not really thinking 150 00:05:56.580 --> 00:05:58.680 so much about something that's so far in 151 00:05:58.680 --> 00:06:00.240 the future we're not thinking so much 152 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:02.039 about like a future schedule or 153 00:06:02.039 --> 00:06:03.839 something like that but you may find 154 00:06:03.839 --> 00:06:06.060 situations where you need to talk about 155 00:06:06.060 --> 00:06:08.400 a specific part of a schedule for the 156 00:06:08.400 --> 00:06:10.500 future in that case make sure you use 157 00:06:10.500 --> 00:06:12.600 the last two weeks or three weeks or 158 00:06:12.600 --> 00:06:14.400 days or whatever measurement of time 159 00:06:14.400 --> 00:06:16.500 you're using so thanks very much for 160 00:06:16.500 --> 00:06:18.000 this question I hope that this answer 161 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:20.039 helped you all right let's move on to 162 00:06:20.039 --> 00:06:22.080 your next question next question comes 163 00:06:22.080 --> 00:06:26.279 from Sana hi Sana Sana says hey Alicia I 164 00:06:26.279 --> 00:06:28.020 was wondering are there other ways to 165 00:06:28.020 --> 00:06:30.600 say I love you in English for example to 166 00:06:30.600 --> 00:06:33.180 my family or my friends yeah great 167 00:06:33.180 --> 00:06:35.580 question super nice question so I love 168 00:06:35.580 --> 00:06:38.880 you in English is a very open phrase and 169 00:06:38.880 --> 00:06:40.800 a lot of people like to use this phrase 170 00:06:40.800 --> 00:06:43.199 rather generously and they'll say I love 171 00:06:43.199 --> 00:06:45.419 you or I love this or I love that or 172 00:06:45.419 --> 00:06:47.699 they might even call another person love 173 00:06:47.699 --> 00:06:49.860 so depending on the person they might 174 00:06:49.860 --> 00:06:51.900 use I love you and other similar 175 00:06:51.900 --> 00:06:54.060 Expressions very freely or some people 176 00:06:54.060 --> 00:06:56.699 might be a little more reserved with how 177 00:06:56.699 --> 00:06:58.860 often they use this expression but yes 178 00:06:58.860 --> 00:07:01.380 we do have other ways to express our 179 00:07:01.380 --> 00:07:04.319 appreciation when we think about love we 180 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:06.360 often think about it in like a romantic 181 00:07:06.360 --> 00:07:08.279 sense right we would say this to our 182 00:07:08.279 --> 00:07:11.220 partner so we might say love you to that 183 00:07:11.220 --> 00:07:13.800 special person in our life right but how 184 00:07:13.800 --> 00:07:15.600 do we express our love and appreciation 185 00:07:15.600 --> 00:07:18.060 for family members or friends and so on 186 00:07:18.060 --> 00:07:20.699 it's common to say I love you to your 187 00:07:20.699 --> 00:07:22.680 family members that's also okay to use 188 00:07:22.680 --> 00:07:25.440 it doesn't mean romantic love in that 189 00:07:25.440 --> 00:07:27.300 case and we understand that from the 190 00:07:27.300 --> 00:07:30.060 context it's also okay to express I love 191 00:07:30.060 --> 00:07:32.400 you to your friends as well so if you 192 00:07:32.400 --> 00:07:34.380 don't want to say I love you to someone 193 00:07:34.380 --> 00:07:36.300 but you still want to express your 194 00:07:36.300 --> 00:07:38.400 appreciation you can say I'm so glad 195 00:07:38.400 --> 00:07:41.880 we're friends or you mean a lot to me or 196 00:07:41.880 --> 00:07:44.220 I really appreciate you or I really 197 00:07:44.220 --> 00:07:46.139 appreciate that thing that you did for 198 00:07:46.139 --> 00:07:49.199 me or I'm so happy that we met there are 199 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:50.880 a lot of ways to express this kind of 200 00:07:50.880 --> 00:07:53.460 appreciation for someone without saying 201 00:07:53.460 --> 00:07:56.160 love interestingly we don't really say 202 00:07:56.160 --> 00:07:59.400 like I really really like you so much we 203 00:07:59.400 --> 00:08:01.680 sometimes use I like you a lot when 204 00:08:01.680 --> 00:08:03.599 we're first getting to know a romantic 205 00:08:03.599 --> 00:08:05.940 partner but that's pretty much the only 206 00:08:05.940 --> 00:08:08.400 time that we say I like you unless we 207 00:08:08.400 --> 00:08:10.199 kind of want to make a little joke to 208 00:08:10.199 --> 00:08:11.940 somebody like in our family or to our 209 00:08:11.940 --> 00:08:14.520 friend Circle we generally don't say I 210 00:08:14.520 --> 00:08:16.680 like you directly we might say some 211 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:18.300 other kind of compliment like you're 212 00:08:18.300 --> 00:08:20.699 really funny or I'm glad that you're in 213 00:08:20.699 --> 00:08:23.039 my life or something like that so you 214 00:08:23.039 --> 00:08:25.319 may not hear people using like that much 215 00:08:25.319 --> 00:08:27.660 but from time to time depending on the 216 00:08:27.660 --> 00:08:29.879 person I suppose it is possible so 217 00:08:29.879 --> 00:08:31.560 that's a quick list of just a few 218 00:08:31.560 --> 00:08:33.479 Expressions that people like to use from 219 00:08:33.479 --> 00:08:35.520 time to time you mean so much to me I 220 00:08:35.520 --> 00:08:37.800 really appreciate you thank you so much 221 00:08:37.800 --> 00:08:39.659 for doing that or thank you so much for 222 00:08:39.659 --> 00:08:41.580 being friends with me thank you so much 223 00:08:41.580 --> 00:08:43.979 for being a part of my life I'm so glad 224 00:08:43.979 --> 00:08:45.899 we're friends I'm so glad that we met 225 00:08:45.899 --> 00:08:47.880 and so on I think that you kind of get 226 00:08:47.880 --> 00:08:50.160 the idea so Express that happiness and 227 00:08:50.160 --> 00:08:52.260 appreciation and you can communicate 228 00:08:52.260 --> 00:08:54.839 something similar to love even if it 229 00:08:54.839 --> 00:08:57.000 isn't like that special romantic love or 230 00:08:57.000 --> 00:08:59.458 that special kind of family related love 231 00:08:59.458 --> 00:09:01.620 so I hope this gives you some ideas for 232 00:09:01.620 --> 00:09:03.420 how you can express those nice feelings 233 00:09:03.420 --> 00:09:05.700 in a way different to saying I love you 234 00:09:05.700 --> 00:09:07.320 alright thanks very much for an 235 00:09:07.320 --> 00:09:08.820 interesting question thanks for sending 236 00:09:08.820 --> 00:09:11.100 it along okay that is everything that I 237 00:09:11.100 --> 00:09:12.540 have for this week thank you as always 238 00:09:12.540 --> 00:09:13.860 for sending your great questions 239 00:09:13.860 --> 00:09:15.800 remember you can send them to me at 240 00:09:15.800 --> 00:09:18.660 englishclass101.com ask hyphen Alicia 241 00:09:18.660 --> 00:09:20.700 you can also find a link for this in the 242 00:09:20.700 --> 00:09:22.440 YouTube description so check that out 243 00:09:22.440 --> 00:09:24.600 and send your questions to me there if 244 00:09:24.600 --> 00:09:25.800 you like this lesson please please 245 00:09:25.800 --> 00:09:27.540 please don't forget to give it a thumbs 246 00:09:27.540 --> 00:09:29.220 up and subscribe to this channel if you 247 00:09:29.220 --> 00:09:31.399 haven't already also check us out at 248 00:09:31.399 --> 00:09:33.179 englishclass101.com for some other 249 00:09:33.179 --> 00:09:34.440 things that can help you with your 250 00:09:34.440 --> 00:09:36.240 English studies thanks very much for 251 00:09:36.240 --> 00:09:37.559 watching this week's episode of ask 252 00:09:37.559 --> 00:09:39.240 Alicia and I will see you again next 253 00:09:39.240 --> 00:09:40.870 time bye 254 00:09:40.870 --> 00:09:46.480 [Music] 255 00:09:46.940 --> 00:09:49.940 thank you