1 00:00:01,090 --> 00:00:08,500 All right, in this grammar refresh, we're going to talk about a few pronouns and these pronouns are 2 00:00:08,530 --> 00:00:09,100 some. 3 00:00:10,030 --> 00:00:17,920 And any and so some and any now these are words that we use when we want to talk about something in 4 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:23,110 a non-specific way or we don't want to describe an exact amount. 5 00:00:23,650 --> 00:00:26,140 These are more for general ascription. 6 00:00:27,620 --> 00:00:34,760 Now we can add words to these pronouns, some in any and these are some common words that you should 7 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:45,130 know, the first group of words are going to be someone or somebody and then anyone or anybody else. 8 00:00:45,170 --> 00:00:54,830 So we're taking some any and then you add it to the word one or body and it becomes a new word of someone, 9 00:00:55,550 --> 00:00:58,160 somebody and somebody. 10 00:00:59,470 --> 00:01:07,900 Anyone, anybody, and so even though the word is itself, his body, when you put it together, it 11 00:01:07,900 --> 00:01:11,560 sounds more like buddy, somebody, anybody. 12 00:01:13,070 --> 00:01:20,870 Now, someone, somebody, anyone, anybody, OK, all very similar, they can be interchanged. 13 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:28,310 We're going to look at these examples now and then we'll talk about when you should use someone versus 14 00:01:28,310 --> 00:01:30,980 anyone or somebody versus anybody. 15 00:01:31,580 --> 00:01:37,880 But the example says there isn't someone who just gets mad and starts shouting. 16 00:01:39,090 --> 00:01:47,730 So Ella isn't someone who just gets mad and starts shouting, but she's not someone and she's not that 17 00:01:47,730 --> 00:01:48,430 kind of person. 18 00:01:48,670 --> 00:01:49,040 All right. 19 00:01:49,950 --> 00:01:52,680 We're talking about a person that specific. 20 00:01:53,340 --> 00:01:54,280 The next example. 21 00:01:54,810 --> 00:01:57,030 Is there anyone who cares about me? 22 00:01:57,840 --> 00:01:59,620 This is a question, right? 23 00:02:00,060 --> 00:02:04,010 And we're using the word anyone out there? 24 00:02:04,020 --> 00:02:07,590 Is there a person, just any person, anyone? 25 00:02:08,810 --> 00:02:15,200 Now, you'll notice me, someone in the first example and anyone in the second example, a generally. 26 00:02:16,650 --> 00:02:22,490 You're supposed to use someone with these positive sentences or these affirmative sentences. 27 00:02:23,490 --> 00:02:26,010 Abella isn't someone who just gets mad, right? 28 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:28,850 It's just a positive affirmative sentence. 29 00:02:29,640 --> 00:02:33,840 And when you have questions or negative sentences. 30 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:39,480 They're going to use any is there anyone who cares about me? 31 00:02:40,430 --> 00:02:48,140 Instead of is there somebody who can now you might hear both, but this is the general rule that you 32 00:02:48,140 --> 00:02:49,070 should try to follow. 33 00:02:51,970 --> 00:02:59,590 Now, the first words we talked about, anyone, someone those are dealing with people, but you can 34 00:02:59,590 --> 00:03:06,340 also add the word thing to some or any, you can have something or anything. 35 00:03:07,220 --> 00:03:13,400 Something, anything, and this is when you're talking about objects right now and people, objects 36 00:03:13,850 --> 00:03:15,340 or even ideas. 37 00:03:16,190 --> 00:03:17,410 But let's look at our example. 38 00:03:18,260 --> 00:03:22,190 So there's something weird about your behavior today. 39 00:03:23,310 --> 00:03:29,910 So you we're talking about some abstract thing, right, some behavior, so there's something weird, 40 00:03:30,510 --> 00:03:31,440 not specific. 41 00:03:31,710 --> 00:03:34,050 We don't know exactly what it is, but it's something. 42 00:03:35,050 --> 00:03:40,540 The next example, anything bothering you, I'm feeling like something is off. 43 00:03:41,500 --> 00:03:45,540 So, again, we had thing to any or some. 44 00:03:46,090 --> 00:03:55,090 And again, remember some we use with these positive sentences, whereas any we use with negative or 45 00:03:55,090 --> 00:03:56,340 question type sentences. 46 00:03:58,940 --> 00:04:09,260 In this grammar refresh, we quickly go over the phrase neither nor either nor or neither nor in pronounce 47 00:04:09,260 --> 00:04:10,640 it both ways. 48 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:13,430 Neither nor neither nor. 49 00:04:14,590 --> 00:04:23,530 So this phrase we use to connect to negative alternatives in the same sentence, and it's just a quick, 50 00:04:23,530 --> 00:04:27,280 easy way to describe your situation. 51 00:04:27,610 --> 00:04:30,310 So let's look at the examples to make it really clear. 52 00:04:31,890 --> 00:04:42,090 The first example says neither you nor your brother dared to check up on us and neither you nor your 53 00:04:42,090 --> 00:04:42,480 brother. 54 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:48,200 This is basically just saying not you and not your brother. 55 00:04:48,750 --> 00:04:51,210 You both didn't check up on us. 56 00:04:51,540 --> 00:04:55,860 But to describe that without this phrase, it's kind of difficult. 57 00:04:55,860 --> 00:04:57,890 And you make your sentence really long. 58 00:04:58,410 --> 00:05:02,900 But we can use this phrase to kind of clean things up, make it nice and simple. 59 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:07,290 Neither you nor your brother or neither you nor your brother. 60 00:05:09,190 --> 00:05:12,760 Quick and simple way to say both of you didn't do this. 61 00:05:13,790 --> 00:05:21,170 Our next sentence says neither Ashley nor Kyle felt happy about moving out of their parents house. 62 00:05:22,010 --> 00:05:24,950 And again, just a quick, easy way to say how Ashley. 63 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:32,910 Didn't feel happy and didn't feel happy, but they didn't like that very long. 64 00:05:33,650 --> 00:05:34,870 Not very good. 65 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:36,430 Doesn't sound nice, though. 66 00:05:36,470 --> 00:05:38,140 Just quickly sum it up. 67 00:05:38,330 --> 00:05:40,720 It's neither actually nor Kyle. 68 00:05:41,330 --> 00:05:42,450 Neither nor.