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Speaker 1: Let me ask you something besides English, do you study

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any other languages? I mean, except for your native language?

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Think about those questions, because without any further delay, I

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think it's time to dive right into today's English lesson.

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

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New York City. And here's your English teacher, Michael oh Rye.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael here from

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Happy English and I help people speak English better. This

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is Happy English Podcast Episode eight thirty one. Besides accept

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and without, Hello, and welcome, thanks for joining me for

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another episode of the Happy English Podcast. I'm your English teacher, Michael,

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and I'm so glad you're here. Today. We're going to

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dig into three little words that cause big confusion for

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a lot of English learners, besides accept and without. At

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first glance, the words besides accept and without all kind

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of seem like they're doing the same thing, talking about

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adding or leaving something out. But actually each one has

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its own job. So let's break it down, and we're

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going to start with besides besides means in addition to it,

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adds more to the group. If you're talking about something

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you already have or do. Besides lets you add more

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to that idea. Like the other day, someone asked me

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what kind of food I like. I said, well, besides pizza,

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I like burgers and hot dogs. So yeah, I love

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pizza and burgers and hot dogs too. It's an addition.

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Here's another example. Besides working at the supermarket, Jack has

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a part time job at a bookstore. So Jack has

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two jobs supermarket plus bookstore. And if you're throwing a party,

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you might say, besides, John and his wife, Frank and

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Mary are coming too, so we're adding more people to

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the guest list. Get the feel for that. It's like

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you're building a list and besides helps you add to it. Now,

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let's talk about accept, which does the opposite of Besides.

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Accept is all about exclusion. It means not including or

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but not, So instead of adding something to the list,

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you're taking something out. Like that fast food place has

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everything except pizza, so they've got burgers, fries, tacos maybe,

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but not pizza. Or check this out except Friday. Jack

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works both jobs every day. That means Friday is the

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one day Jack's off the hook. And if you say

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accept John and his wife all our friends are coming

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to the party. That means John and his wife are

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the only ones not joining. Everyone else is coming. Now

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here's a little twist. Sometimes you'll hear except four and yeah,

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that's a thing too. Both except and except four can

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be used before nouns. So everybody came to the party

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except Serena is the same as everybody came to the

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party except for Serena. Both are fine. But if you

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want to show a contrast, like everything was great except

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for this one little detail, you would use except for

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like my trip to Paris was amazing except for the rain,

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So the rain was kind of a bummer, right, Or

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I cleaned the whole house except for the bathroom. The

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bathroom is still waiting its turn. By the way, except

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ears English and hit follow. Now let's get into without.

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This one's a little different. Without means not having or

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in the absence of. You can use without with a

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noun like I like my coffee without milk, or like

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in the office we started the meeting without Jack. That

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guy is always late, by the way, can you read

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that book without a dictionary? And you can use without

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with an ing verb. You know, a gerrand like Jack

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never makes a decision without consulting his wife. And all

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of my friends can tell you I won't start eating

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without washing my hands. Here's one more. Jenny left the

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office without saying anything that's unusual. So here's the real difference.

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Except is used when you're talking about leaving someone or

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something out of a group. You're showing one member that

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doesn't fit. But without is just about something being absent,

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not there, not part of the picture at all. There's

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no group involved. Let's compare these two sentences, we played

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golf without Jack. That means Jack wasn't there. It doesn't

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say anything about him being part of a group. But

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everyone played golf except Jack. Now you're saying Jack was

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part of the group. He just didn't play. Here's another one.

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I like coffee without milk. That's just how I like

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my coffee, no milk in the cup, and no group

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here either. I like coffee without milk, but I like

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all kinds of fruit except kiwi. That shows Kiwi is

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part of the fruit group, but it's the only one

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I don't like. And here's a quick bonus grammar tip.

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You can use accept followed by a base verb, so

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you can say things like I never go to the

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mall except to buy Christmas gifts, or my dog Rosie

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does nothing all day except sleep and eat. Again, these

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examples are using except with a base verb, and we

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don't say except four in these cases. So let's wrap

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all this up. Use besides to add something besides pizza,

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I like sushi. Use except to leave something out of

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a group. Everyone from the office came except Jack, and

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you use without to talk about not having something. I

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like tea without sugar cool. I hope that clears things up.

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By the way, the best way to remember English like

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this and 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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