AEE: How to Intentionally Vary Your Vocabulary
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
This is an All Ears English podcast.
What does it mean to intentionally vary your vocabulary?
How to intentionally vary your vocabulary.
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What are the differences between deliberately, intentionally, and on purpose?
What is the difference between intentionally, deliberately, and on purpose? Let's get into the tiny details today to find out if there is a major difference and how to use all three.
Connected speech, word stress, listening for specific information, pronouncing the past tense correctly.
How can connected speech and word stress improve your English?
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What listener question is addressed in this episode?
Hey, Lindsay, how are you? Doing great today, Michelle. How about you? How's it going? I'm good. Thanks. Lindsay, question. Okay. Be honest. Did you ever hit your brother on purpose when you were growing up? Oh, yeah.
I can't lie. Yeah. We had some nasty fights, I think, when, you know, both verbal and sometimes physical, you know, this happens with siblings for sure. Yes.
What examples illustrate the use of 'deliberately'?
What about you?
Yes.
Um, I was a pincher and a scratcher. A pincher.
Ooh.
How does 'on purpose' differ from 'deliberately'?
Yeah.
So that's, those are my tools. Yeah. Like, um, yeah. And, um, we had certain, like, ways of fighting that we would say no that's off limits you can't do that that's like yeah uh so but but but for the most part um you know i got along well with my brother so yeah well now now you're okay now yeah right no but even as a kid like okay you know he he was good because we're six years apart oh he was good he was good about letting me play with his friends and i i just remember because we had a and i would he would let me out there and then like i would always somehow get hit in the head with a basketball because that's pretty funny so yes um so yeah there you go um so but today we're going to answer a really good listener question um so this comes to us from youtube uh lindsay would you like to read the question for us yeah this is from our wonderful listener i am need for they said i love your podcast and your youtube channel they help me a lot
I would like to know how to tell deliberately on purpose and intentionally apart. Thank you. Oh my gosh.
What role does intention play in communication?
Great one. Great one.
Yeah. Oh my gosh. Yeah. So these words are so close in meaning. Yeah. So deliberately on purpose and intentionally. So we're going to go over some helpful tips today to clear this up for you. So Lindsay. Yeah. Should we get started?
Let's get started. But before we do that, guys, don't forget we do have a YouTube channel and you can find us if you type in All Ears English over on YouTube, you can hit subscribe. And we also have another podcast. We may do a follow up over there because some of these words can be kind of businessy. right? Yes. We may do a follow-up on Business English, but to find that show, open your search bar right where you're listening in your podcast player and type in Business English. You will see the yellow come up and just hit follow there so you don't miss any potential follow-up, okay?
Absolutely. Love it.
Let's get started.
So deliberately, what is deliberately?
I mean, so a lot of these are... First of all, I want to say these questions, these three words are very similar. Yeah, exactly. So we're going to be really... What do they say? Splitting hairs? Is that the expression we use? Yes, that's a great one. Yeah, splitting hairs today. So... i mean first of all we really can't go wrong with any of these but we'll go into the tiny tiny differences i think today i mean something that was done deliberately is something that was done that had a lot of thought behind it right could have been planned it's conscious it's a decision to do something for example he deliberately waited until his boss was in a good mood to tell her the bad news
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:03
2
What does it mean to intentionally vary your vocabulary?
0:03–0:51
3
What are the differences between deliberately, intentionally, and on purpose?
0:51–1:15
4
How can connected speech and word stress improve your English?
1:15–1:51
5
What listener question is addressed in this episode?
1:51–2:13
6
What examples illustrate the use of 'deliberately'?
2:13–2:20
7
How does 'on purpose' differ from 'deliberately'?
2:20–3:30
8
What role does intention play in communication?
3:30–16:39
Speakers
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