Thursday, March 5, 2020
What is the difference between Ordinary, Normal and Usual ??
What is the difference between Ordinary, Normal and Usual ?? Here you will learn the difference between ordinary, normal and usual.Common vs usual vs ordinary.Usual vs normal. And how to use these words correctly in English. Ordinary, Normal and Usual - What is the difference? Hi there Im Harry and welcome to English in a minute.Today, I want to talk to you about three words that my students often get confused but the words are similar but they have different uses and those words are COMMON, USUAL and ORDINARY.If you look it up in the dictionary, youll find synonyms for each of them are the same. So when you look up common, youll see synonyms usual and ordinary. When you look up ordinary, you see that its synonyms are usual and common also.There are similarities there but there are certain differences. Lets take them one by one.Lets start with the word COMMON. Common is something that is used by everybody. It can be something that is public. Like the park is a common place for everybody to use because its open for everybody. Its not a membership, you dont have to pay to get into it so its common. Or its accessible by the public. Something that is common is something that is normal. Something that is the normal thing to do.Well, sure its common for everybody to use the English language so this is why people are learning English because its the common language spoken throughout the world. When Im teaching my students English, I like them to use common ordinary everyday English.For example, when were greeting people hi or hello, theyre common words we use to address people.Were not saying Good morning, sir that would be uncommon or quite unusual to how to express yourself. Unless youre talking to somebody in some business capacity. Or its much more formal like a lord or a lady. So common is something that you do every day. Difference between Ordinary and Usual If you look at British history, for example, you have two houses in the Houses of Parliament. You have the House of Lords which is the upper house. And you have the lower level which is the House of Commons for the common people. So as in history the House of Lords represented the elite and the House of Commons was as I said the lower level which represented the common or ordinary people. And thats how they looked on people the difference between the high and the low. So this is another definition of common.And the opposite of common is uncommon. Something that is different or something that is unusual. If we look at the word USUAL, another word for that would be NORMAL.Itâs usual for you to do something that you do every day.You get up and you clean your teeth and you have your breakfast. You go to work. Thats your usual event.What is a normal or usual week for you?Every day of the week I teach my English lessons.For you it might be to go to university. For your friend it might be to go to their office or it might be usual for them to go to the gym first thing in the morning or last thing in the evening. These are things that we do every day as a sort of a habit. Something that is established as part of our routine.So itâs usual for you to have your dinner at 7:00 in the evening. Itâs usual for you to visit your family at the weekend, if you dont live at home. Itâs usual for you to walk the dog before you go to the office or university or before you go to bed in the evening. So usual and everyday habit and everyday event.And if we look at the wor d ORDINARY. Again, as I said earlier, the synonyms for this are USUAL and COMMON.So ordinary is something that happens every day. Its a normal activity. Its a normal event. Its not so unusual. Somebody can say:I have a very ordinary life, nothing exciting happens to me.So ordinary is something just the usual things: I go to work, I come home, I look after the kids, I put them to bed, I have a beer on a Friday or at the weekend with my friends.Just an ordinary everyday life. Nothing changes.And when something is unusual, we can say its out of the ordinary. Meaning its different than what I normally do.So it can be extraordinary. Meaning really really different.So you have extraordinary out of the ordinary, to describe things that you dont normally do. And then ordinary everyday things.Remember to subscribe to my YouTube channel Learn English with Harry and join me on www.englishlessonviaskype.comAnd dont forget if you look down below youll see the subscription to our wonderful courses on English grammar and the most recent one about common mistakes made in English you can buy them today and youll get up to speed with your English very very quickly. Join me again soon.
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