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Speaker 1: I'm sure you won't forget this lesson. Even though my

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Speaker 2: Welcome to another Happy English podcast, coming to you from

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Speaker 1: All right, thank you, John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael

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here from Happy English and I help people speak English better.

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And this is Happy English Podcast, Episode eight forty three.

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What does won't really mean? Hello, and welcome, thanks for

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joining me for another episode of the Happy English Podcast.

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I'm your English teacher, Mine Michael, and I'm so glad

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you're listening. Today. We're gonna talk about a small word

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that packs a lot of meaning. Won't. That's wo n

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apostrophe t. It's short for will not, but depending on

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the context, it can mean a lot more than just

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not in the future. And as you've probably heard me

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say before once or twice, context is king. So let's

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break this down together. Okay. First up, we use won't

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when we talk about a personal decision. Let's say I

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tell you I'm going shopping tomorrow, but I won't go

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to Simon's mall, I won't go there. That means it's

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my choice. I've made up my mind. I've decided not

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to go to that mall, So here won't choose my

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personal will or decision. It's kind of like saying I

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choose not to. Here's another example. Last night, I went

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to this tie restaurant. I was thinking about getting the

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green curry, which I love, but they had something on

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the menu called red curry, so I tried it and

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it was so spicy that well, let me just say

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I won't be ordering that again. I won't. That's my

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personal decision about red curry. And that's one common way

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we use won't. Next we use won't when we talk

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about a prediction. You might hear something like I was

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watching TV and the forecast said it won't rain tomorrow.

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It won't rain tomorrow. Now, this use of won't has

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nothing to do with choice or will. It's a neutral prediction,

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something we expect to happen or expect not to happen.

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It's kind of like saying it's not going to rain.

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There's no emotion in it, just a simple statement about

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a prediction in the future. Like at the end of

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the day. Yesterday, Jack was sneezing and coughing. It seems

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like he was coming down with a cold, so I

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guess he won't be coming to work today. Next up,

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we're gonna dive deep into the human psyche. What I

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mean is we use won't as a moral conviction in

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this context. When you say you won't do something, it's

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because morally, deep down inside, you don't believe it's the

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right thing to do. Here's a real life example. When

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Jack tried to kiss his neighbor at a party. She

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refused and said, I like you, but I won't cheat

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on my husband. WHOA. That's not just a regular no, right,

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that's a strong refusal based on her values. She's not

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saying I don't feel like it. She's saying that's against

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what I believe in. I won't do that. So this

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won't is full of principle and conviction. Let's talk about marijuana.

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It's legal in New York for recreational purposes, but I

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won't smoke it. I don't think it's the right thing

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to do, especially if I need to drive somewhere. And

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here's another one. We use won't when we refer to

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stubbornness or resistance. Like I put my dog out in

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the backyard, but he won't come inside, he's so stubborn.

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And then I asked one of my friends to help

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me clean out my garage, but he won't help me,

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even though I promised him some pizza and a few beers.

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In this case, won't show's refusal to cooperate. And in

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a similar way, we use won't when we talk about

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machines or mechanical devices that don't work as we want

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them to. Like, even though I put the key in

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the lock, the door won't open. I have to a locksmith.

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The door won't open. And for some reason, the printer

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won't print in color. And I even change the toner,

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but it won't print in color. You've probably said something

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like that right on a cold winter morning, the car

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won't start. It's not about the future. It's about something

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or someone being difficult or just not doing what you want.

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So what's the takeaway? Won't can sound simple, but it

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has layers. Sometimes won't means I decided not to, Like

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I won't go to the mall. It probably won't happen,

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Like it won't rain tomorrow. I morally refuse, I won't

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smoke that, and this thing is just being difficult. The

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printer won't work. Those are the different ways we use won't.

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Keep in mind, the best way to remember English, like

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this or any other word or phrase in English, is

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to take that word or phrase, write it in a

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sentence that's true for you or true in your world,

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