Use “get” in everyday English

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you might

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have noticed that there are a ton of

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expressions with the word get in English

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in fact I made a video about some of

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those top expressions up here you can

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check out that video if you'd like but

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if you would like to sound more natural

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and more conversational I recommend

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saying get instead of receive I received

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your email I got your email you can use

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this in maybe business conversations or

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in a business email sometimes I use it

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in emails when I want to be more formal

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but really most of the time you can use

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get you can change

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I received your text message - I got

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your text message I received your

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package in the mail I got your package

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in the mail when you use got or get in

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these situations it's just gonna sound

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so much more comfortable

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and more common in daily conversation

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all right let's go to the second hack my

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second suggestion for helping you to

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sound more natural right now is to

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change prefer to I would rather now

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native speakers do use the word prefer

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but it's more common to say I'd rather

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when you're talking about something

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that's your preference so let's take a

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look at a quick example if someone asks

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you do you want to listen to Queen you

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might say no I prefer to listen to quiet

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music when