Today, I have a one-hour English masterclass to help you speak more confidently by the end of this lesson.

Welcome back to J4ist English. Of course, I'm Jennifer Nell. Let's get started.

First, in this masterclass, we're going to review one of the most common grammar mistakes that I hear

all students make from beginner to advanced,

and that's using recommend, suggest, advise, and explain.

So let's review how to use these correctly right now.

Let's talk about how to use recommend, suggest, and advise.

Now, make sure you watch right to the end because I'm also going to share how to use explain

because it's a little bit different, but it's very important that you learn that too

because I hear that mistake every day with my students.

So let's say you're at a restaurant, you're looking through the menu,

and then you ask your server, "What would you recommend me?"

Or you're discussing a problem with your boss, and you ask, "What would you suggest me?"

What do you think about these sentences? Are these sentences grammatically correct?

Or incorrect? What do you think? Well, these sentences are wrong. You can't say,

"What would you recommend me?" Suggest me. Yet, I hear it every single day. In fact, I hear this

so much from students that it's starting to sound normal

just because I hear it every single day,

and I have to remember that's not correct.

And the reason why this is incorrect is because the