Afternoon everyone 👋

Even as a native speaker you “pick up” (learn/acquire) new things that you didn’t know about in your own language.

For example, for years I had heard people say “ROGER that”, after talking to someone in movies.

Just like in this video here:

I thought it was just something people said, like “vale” or “de acuerdo” in Spanish.

But this week I learnt that it actually means the following:

Received, Order Given, Expect Results

ROGER for short. Nice, no?

So next time I set some students some homework, I hope that they reply with “Roger that”! 😆

“Roger that Houston”

This week’s 3 tips:

SOMETHING TO AVOID 🫣

🤦🏻‍♀️ “Does the rain remind you to England?”

You can say “to” when speaking about an action.

He reminded me to call him

I will remind you to speak slower

“Does the rain remind you of England?”

However, England is a noun, not a verb. So in this case we use “of”.

This reminded me of you

The food reminds me of Greece

SOMETHING TO SOUND CONFIDENT 🧐
SOMETHING TO WATCH 👀

Keep learning,

The Crystal Clear English Team

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