Common English Mistakes in Youtube Scripts by Cantonese Speakers

This page focuses on errors typically made by native Cantonese speakers from Hong Kong when writing a YouTube Script in English.

Mistake Example #1

Overuse of 'very' to emphasize adjectives

Hello everyone! Welcome back to my channel. Today, I am veryexcited to share with youavery special recipe that is veryeasy to make and veryso delicious. This dish is very popular in Hong Kong and is a vgrery goodat choice for a quick dinner. So, let's get started and make this veryamazing meal together!

Text corrected by:
Jennifer, Detroit, Michigan USA

"I took out or changed some of the uses of "very" to improve the flow of the text."

Hello everyone! Welcome back to my channel. Today, I am excited to share a special recipe that is easy to make and so delicious. This dish is very popular in Hong Kong and is a great choice for a quick dinner. So, let's get started and make this amazing meal together!

Hello everyone! Welcome back to my channel. Today, I am very excited to share with you a very special recipe that is very easy to make and very delicious. This dish is very popular in Hong Kong and is a very good choice for a quick dinner. So, let's get started and make this very amazing meal together!

Mistake Example #2

Overuse of direct translations from Cantonese

Hello, everyone! Today we're going to talk about how to cook the perfect Hong Kong style egg tart. First, you need to prepare the ingredients, and then you put them all together—like that. Remember, the egg tart must be agolden color, or else it's not gdoodne enough. Many people say this is difficult, but actually, it's very easyif you follow my steps, it's actually very easy. So, let's addget goil to fireng and start cooking!

Text corrected by:
Gregg, Los Angeles, CA

"This needed some tweaking to sound a bit more native and natural."

Hello, everyone! Today we're going to talk about how to cook the perfect Hong Kong style egg tart. First, you need to prepare the ingredients, and then you put them all together—like that. Remember, the egg tart must be a golden color, or else it's not done enough. Many people say this is difficult, but if you follow my steps, it's actually very easy. So, let's get going and start cooking!

Hello everyone! Today we talk about how to cook the perfect Hong Kong style egg tart. First, you need to prepare the ingredients, and then you put them all together like that. Remember, the egg tart must be golden color, or else it not good enough. Many people say this is difficult, but actually, it's very easy if you follow my steps. So, let's add oil to fire and start cooking!

Mistake Example #3

Confusion with countable vs. uncountable nouns ('She has much friends')

Hey everyone! Welcome back to my channel. Today, I want to share with you some tips on how to make musignifichant progress in your English learning journey. Many people think that they need to spend a large amaounyt of money on expensive courses, but actually, there are many free resources available online. Also, remember to practice speaking with muchplenty of friends to improve your fluency. Let's get started!

Text corrected by:
Rob, Bristol, England

"Be careful when using countable and uncountable nouns. Countable nouns can be individually counted (e.g., books, dogs, cars), while uncountable nouns cannot (e.g., water, money, sand). Otherwise, this was very well written :)"

Hey everyone! Welcome back to my channel. Today, I want to share with you some tips on how to make significant progress in your English learning journey. Many people think that they need to spend a large amount of money on expensive courses, but actually, there are many free resources available online. Also, remember to practice speaking with plenty of friends to improve your fluency. Let's get started!

Hey everyone! Welcome back to my channel. Today, I want to share with you some tips on how to make much progress in your English learning journey. Many people think that they need to spend many money on expensive courses, but actually, there are many free resources available online. Also, remember to practice speaking with much friends to improve your fluency. Let's get started!