How smart people say "I was wrong" | English from movies
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Theo, you forgot Spain still has two games left.
Three ways people say it in films:
1. I stand corrected. Light and polite.
2. You may be right. Soft and open.
3. You've got a point. Casual and fair.
Quiz: "I stand corrected" means...
A) I am standing up
B) I was wrong
Comment A or B.
Full lesson with tone notes, dialogues and a quiz: https://microenglish.com/english-from-movies/how-smart-people-say-i-was-wrong/
Scenes used for this English explanation:
Blacklight (2022)
Elvis (2022)
Wolf (1994)
Original dialogue belongs to its respective rightsholders. MicroEnglish added teaching narration and editing. Nadia and Theo are animated characters made with Google Flow.
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