| Hi, everybody. Welcome back to Ask Alisha, the weekly series where you ask me questions and I answer them. |
| Maybe. Let's get to your first question this week. First question this week comes from Khaled. Hi, Khaled. |
| Khaled says, you explained the difference between why did you do that and why would you do that? |
| So is why would you do that the same as why will you do that? Thank you. Good question. |
| Yeah, why would you do that versus why will you do that? |
| So first the short answer to your question is no, we don't say why will you do that? |
| Actually, why will you do that is generally not a sentence pattern we use. So to go back a little bit |
| you said I initially at first talked about the differences in another video about why did you do that and why would you do that? |
| Yeah, so why did you do that is a question about a past action, right? |
| Something that happened in the past and we want to know the reason for it, right? |
| Why did you do that? |
| And then why would you do that refers to an unreal action or refers to something that we don't understand. |
| So when we use this to talk about past actions, we're like, I can't understand why. |
| Why is it the reason for this? And we might use why would you do that? |
| Why would you do that to talk about something that we don't understand? |
| So I think I said something similar to that in a previous video. So let's expand on that. |
| Let's continue this with kind of a future tense question then, right? So you've suggested why will you do that? |
| But we would not say why will you do that? Instead, we would say something like |
| why are you going to do that? And the reason for this goes back to the difference between |
| will and going to in terms of grammar points. |
| So I've said it a lot on this channel, but when we use will and won't, we tend to use them for decisions |
| we make in the moment, yeah? Or decisions |
| we're not 100% sure about. Like when you go to a restaurant for lunch and you're thinking and you're like, |
| hmm, I think I'll have the salad. I will have the salad, right? We just decided in that moment, yeah? |
| Or when you're thinking about something way, way, way off in the distant future, you're like, hmm, |
| I think there will be flying cars in the future. Like you're not so sure about it, |
| but you kind of want to make a guess about it, right? So let's think about this in terms of this question. |
| Why will you do that versus why are you going to do that? If you ask this question, |
| someone else has told you a plan, right? Like I'm moving to a new city and you want to know why. |
| Why will you do that doesn't make sense, right? Because the other person has decided on their plan. |
| They are moving to the new city. They did not decide in that conversation to move to the new city, right? |
| So will sounds strange to respond with, yeah? |
| Why will you do that? We use this for kind of in-the-moment decisions and for things |
| we're not sure about in the distant future, right? On the other hand, going to is used to talk about those |
| 100% sure decisions, yeah? Why are you going to do that? Sounds much more natural than why will you do that. |
| So for this reason, we would not say why will you do that here? |
| We'd say why are you going to do that or maybe why did you decide to do that, right? |
| It's like saying I understand this is your decision and I just want to know the reason for it. |
| Of course, you could just say oh why as well if you don't want to think about these kinds of things. |
| So this is the difference between why will you do that and why are you going to do that? |
| I definitely recommend you use why are you going to do that if you find yourself in this situation. |
| So I hope that this answers your question about using the sentence pattern to talk about those future tense situations. |
| Thanks very much for sending it along. Okay, let's move on to your next question. |
| Next question comes from Selena. Hi Selena. Selena says what is the difference between famous and popular? |
| Can I use them the same? Great question. |
| They are not the same. You cannot use them the same but there is some overlap. |
| Let's start by talking about the word famous. |
| So famous as an adjective means something or someone that many, many, many people know about. |
| Millions of people know about like everyone in your city, everyone in your country, everyone in the world for super famous people, right? |
| So when someone or something is famous, lots of people know about it. |
| This does not mean that it's good or that everybody likes it or that it's bad either. |
| It just means lots of people know about it. Okay? |
| So this can be a place like, oh, that's a very famous landmark in our city or Beyonce is a very famous singer, right? |
| So we're just saying that many people know about that thing. |
| Popular, on the other hand, refers to someone or something that many people like. |
| So many people think that thing is good or think that person is good. |
| So maybe in your high school, for example, you knew the most popular girl in school or maybe you know the most popular restaurant in your neighborhood. |
| So something that is popular is something that many people like but just because it's popular does not mean it is famous, right? |
| So it can be popular in your friend group, right? |
| Many people in your friend group enjoy something or maybe many people in your city enjoy this one place that you like to go as well. |
| This is a very popular park or a very popular activity. |
| So something that is popular is not always famous, right? |
| So don't think of them in terms of exactly the same, right? |
| But sometimes something that is famous is also something that is popular. |
| So, for example, Taylor Swift is very famous and she's also very popular, right? |
| Many people like her music. They like her work. |
| So sometimes there is an overlap. |
| Sometimes something or someone that is famous is also popular but something that is popular is not always famous. |
| Like probably the most popular girl in your high school probably is not famous. |
| Maybe someone out there found like, you know, a famous person from their high school. |
| But just keep in mind there is a little bit of overlap but they are not always the same. |
| Also, sometimes we like to use famous as a little joke about things that are popular inside our communities. |
| We tend to do this a lot with like food. |
| Like you might say, this is my famous chocolate cake recipe. |
| It doesn't mean that the world knows about the chocolate cake recipe. |
| It just means that many people around you really, really like that chocolate cake. |
| So this is the difference between famous and popular. |
| Thanks for sending this question along. |
| Okay, let's move on to your next question. |
| Next question comes from Zhao. Hi Zhao. |
| Zhao says, can I say if you will go, I will go. |
| I want to tell my friends that I'll decide on my plan after them. |
| Is this correct? |
| Okay, great question. |
| Is this correct? |
| So you have, if you will go, I will go. |
| Very, very close. |
| So this is not quite correct. |
| When you use a conditional sentence like this, so if something, then something else, we do not use that future tense verb |
| in the if part of the sentence. |
| So in this sentence, you have in your if part of your sentence, the if clause, if you will go. |
| We do not use will. |
| We do not use any future tense verb |
| in that part of the sentence. |
| We only use that in the main clause, |
| the part that does not have an if. |
| So this sentence should be if you go, I'll go. |
| So I will is in the main clause only. |
| So this is a very, very common but very easy to fix mistake among learners. |
| Just don't put your will or going to in the if clause when you're making these conditional statements. |
| So if you go, I'll go. |
| Or if you go, then I'm gonna go too. |
| You can use either, |
| but just don't put that in the if clause of your sentence. |
| Let's take a look at another example with a different verb. |
| If you cook dinner, then I'll help you prepare. |
| So in this sentence, we also have that future tense will at the end in the main clause, right? |
| But we don't have it in the first clause, in the if clause here. |
| So we shouldn't say if you will cook dinner, I will help you prepare. |
| We don't need to use will, will in both clauses, only in the main clause. |
| So this is a quick bit of grammar review about conditionals. |
| If you want some more information about conditionals, |
| I definitely recommend you do a quick search of our videos for conditionals and if sentence patterns, you will find lots of lessons about this topic. |
| So I hope that answers your question. |
| Thanks for sending it along. |
| Okay, that is everything that I have for this week. |
| Thank you as always for sending your great question. |
| Thanks very much for watching this week's episode |
| of Ask Alisha and I will see you again next time. |
| Bye. |
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