Ask Alisha: Your English Questions Answered #225 - How to never forget the English words you learn
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everybody, welcome back to Ask Alicia, the weekly series where you ask me questions and I answer them. |
| 0:05.5 | Maybe. Let's get to your first question this week. First question this week comes from Sony Kosia. Hi, Sony, or Sunny, I hope I said your name correctly. |
| 0:14.4 | Sony asks, what's the difference between earphones and headphones? Oh, the answer is in the name. So earphones go inside your ear. |
| 0:23.0 | So they're very small things that sit right inside your ear. |
| 0:26.5 | Headphones, on the other hand, go over the top of your head |
| 0:29.3 | and cover your ear. |
| 0:30.8 | So yes, technically, headphones cover your ears. |
| 0:33.9 | But headphones go over the top of your head |
| 0:36.8 | and cover your ears. So they're much bigger |
| 0:38.6 | like this. You might see these in like a recording studio or maybe somebody who really likes |
| 0:43.3 | headphone fashion as a big pair of these. But earphones are the small ones that go inside your |
| 0:48.7 | ears. So now when you want to be super specific the next time you are shopping online, you can |
| 0:53.1 | make sure that you search |
| 0:54.3 | for the correct term. So that's the difference between earphones and headphones for everybody |
| 0:57.9 | watching. Great. Okay, let's go on to our next question. Next question comes from A.K.M. |
| 1:03.5 | Typhor Hassan. Hi, should I call you Tyfer? Thanks for sending your question. Tyfer asks, |
| 1:09.0 | is there any rule relating to the definite article |
| 1:11.8 | usage before a season's name? |
| 1:14.3 | Is it the summer or only summer? |
| 1:17.5 | If it's only summer, then is there any rule like the plus the |
| 1:21.2 | season's name plus the season? |
| 1:23.0 | For example, the summer season, or is there any kind of exception? |
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