AEE 2072: What For? Grammar Tips for a Tricky English Preposition

All Ears English Podcast

Lindsay McMahon

Business, Education, Language Learning

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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0:00.0	This is an all ears English podcast episode 2072. What for? Grammar tips for a tricky English
0:07.6	preposition. Welcome to the all ears English podcast downloaded more than 200 million times.
0:16.8	Are you feeling stuck with your English? We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by
0:23.3	focusing on connection, not perfection with your American host Aubrey Carter, the IELTS whizz,
0:31.5	and Lindsey McMahon, the English adventurer. Coming to you from Arizona and Colorado, USA.
0:40.6	And to get your transcripts delivered by email every week, go to all earsenglish.com forward slash
0:48.3	subscribe. In today's episode, we answer a great listener question about the grammar that we
0:55.9	use with a preposition or find out the rule today and how to use it to connect to English.
1:06.1	Hey there, Aubrey. What have you got going on today? Oh, I have to pick my kids up early
1:11.0	from school today. Oh, yeah, what for? They have dentist appointments. Oh, always the dentist
1:17.5	appointment. It's the worst especially for small children because they have a hard time holding
1:22.3	still and it's tickly when they get cleaned and my kids have a propensity for cavities as well.
1:29.0	Really? And you get cavities a lot, Lindsey. Once in a while I do. Yeah. Oh, that's not bad.
1:33.6	Usually I'm surprised when I don't eat a ton of sugar, but like, yeah, we do. Is there
1:37.0	certain people have propensity for that? Definitely. Keith problems for sure. Exactly like different
1:42.0	enamel or whatever. It's genetic. Some of my kids have never had a cavity and then one of my
1:49.2	twins gets them all the time and I feel like the teeth, you know, the tooth brushing habits are
1:53.2	about the same. It's great. It's interesting. Interesting. Okay. Well, I mean, we all have to go to
1:57.8	the dentist. It's part of life, right? Exactly. But here in this opening today, Aubrey, I asked you,
2:04.6	oh, yeah, what for? Super natural, right? Is this connected to a student question?
2:10.2	Yes, exactly, right? I wanted you to use that. It was perfect. Well done, Lindsey.
2:15.3	Because, yeah, we use this what for in English to say why? And it's related to a really good
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