Learn the English Phrases "I beg to differ" and "It begs the question"
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In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase, I beg to differ. This is a phrase when someone says something and we don't agree with them. We might start by saying, I beg to differ. If someone was to say, I think that, let's see, uh,

If France has the best football players in the world, I might say, I beg to differ. I think Canada has the best football players in the world. So it's a way to introduce kind of the opposite thought. If someone said that Ford makes the best cars in the world, I might say, I beg to differ. I think that Toyota makes the best cars in the world. So it's a way to nicely tell someone that you disagree with them.

with them. The other phrase I wanted to teach you today is, it begs the question. This is how we introduce a thought after making a couple statements. Here's an example. If I said, taxes keep going up, taxes have gone up three times in the past year. So it begs the question, what is the government doing with all the money?

Or you might say this, you might say, oh, Bob hasn't made a video for six weeks. So it begs the question, where is Bob? I don't think that will ever happen. But if it did happen, it would certainly beg the question, where is Bob? So to review, if

If you say, I beg to differ, it simply means that you are going to disagree with someone. If you say cats are the best pets in the world, I might say, I beg to differ. I think dogs are the best pet. And when you say it begs the question, it usually means you're asking something after a while. If you say something like this, all of the milk is gone and I didn't drink it. So it begs the question, who drank all the milk? But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video. This comment is from...

And the question is, or sorry, and the comment is, the best teacher. And my response, am I though? I would beg to differ. I think the best teacher is always yourself. You know yourself and how you learn. And I agree with that. And I do like the compliment, by the way, that,

I'm the best teacher. By the way, you can read that compliment two ways in English. If it had a comment in it, if it said the best teacher, it would mean that the lesson I did was the best. But if there's no comma and it says the best teacher, it means that you think I'm the best teacher, which I don't think I am.

I'll have to say, I have to say, I think I do an okay job. I'm not going to stand here and say I'm the best teacher. I think I do the best job I can do and people seem to like the lesson. So I'll accept the compliment, but I am not going to claim I am the best teacher. But thank you for the comment anyways. And did you see how I use the phrase, I beg to differ? I like to try every once in a while to actually use the phrase in the comment that I'm leaving.

Well, this week, it's Friday. Sorry, you're watching this on a Friday, it's Thursday. This is one of those weeks. I think I've taught you that phrase before. When you say, ah, it's one of those days, or ah, this is one of those weeks. I just can't get all my work done for some reason. I had a day where I felt a bit off and I didn't get as much done as normal, but wow, it's starting to feel like one of those weeks. In particular, I have a whole lot of photos to share

take from emails to get ready for a live stream on Saturday on my bigger channel. I requested people to send photos and I've gotten hundreds of photos. Well, at least a couple hundred. And they're great, I love them. But it's gonna take me a little while to get all of that compiled. But that was just one extra thing. And there's a bunch of extra stuff at work as well. I'm sure you don't need to hear me complain about my day.

I'm sure you have all had days like that in the past or weeks like that where it's just hard to get everything done. But as of right now, I think I'm starting to be a little bit more on top of things. Certainly by Saturday morning at 11 a.m. when I've done my live stream, everything will be awesome. Anyways, thanks for watching. I'll see you in a couple days or a few days with another short English lesson. Bye.

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