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English Teacher - Episode 1 – The Mugger

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This was my entry in the YouTube Animation section of the Animation at Work 2018 competition which I did not win!
This in the first episode staring my new character, English Teacher. Hopefully, if you like him, there will be many more to follow.
Script for those who would like to translate this video into other languages:
Give us your mobile! I ain’t got all day!
Great Grisly Grammar! This sounds like a job for English Teacher!
I said, give us your mobile. I ain’t got all day!
Who the…?
I’m English Teacher! The scourge of gruesome grammar and vulgar vocabulary! You, Sir, have made a terrible mistake.
Oh, yeh? And what are you gonna do about it then?
I intend to stop you making the same mistake again.
My hero!
I distinctly heard you say to this young lady: “Give us your mobile!”
And?
Well, you are alone, are you not? The object pronoun “us” should only be used when referring to more than one person. You are the first person singular and the objective case of “I” is “me”. You should properly say, “Give me your mobile.” You try it.
You’ve got to be joking!
Sure… Give me your mobile.
That’s better. But you also said, “I ain’t got all day.” “Ain’t” is a colloquial, slang term which can mean “am not”, “has not”, “have not”, “is not”, or “are not”. It’s more proper to use the present perfect as in “I haven’t got all day.” Do you understand?
I think so, yes.
Well, you try it, then.
I haven’t got all day.
That’s much better. Now try them both together.
Give me your mobile. I haven’t got all day.
Splendid!
Young people today! Tsk, tsk, tsk! I don’t think he’ll forget that lesson in a hurry.
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