AEE: Why You Should NOT Say “For Your Information”

All Ears English Podcast

Lindsay McMahon

Education, Language Learning, Business

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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0:00.0	This is an all ears English episode, why you should not say, for your information.
0:07.6	Welcome to the all ears English podcast downloaded more than 200 million times. Are you feeling
0:14.9	stuck with your English? We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection, not perfection,
0:23.9	with your American host, Aubrey Carter, the IELTS Whiz, and Lindsay McMahon, the English
0:30.9	adventurer, coming to you from Arizona and Colorado, USA. To get real-time transcripts right on your phone and create your
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0:57.3	How is the meaning of FYI different from for your information?
1:03.5	There is a drastic difference that you need to know. Listen in today.
1:13.6	Treading water is an English idiom that means you are working at something but getting nowhere.
1:19.9	Are you treading water with your English?
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1:54.5	Hello, Lindsay. How are you? I'm feeling pretty good today. We're getting towards the end of the week here. So feeling great, feeling great.
1:58.9	Ubre, what are we getting into today, though? I have a fun question for you to start this out.
2:02.4	Okay, I'll do my best to answer. Yes. What do you think is the difference between saying FYI and for your information? I think for your information feels a little
2:10.6	more direct to me. And FYI feels a little more playful. I feel like it's more common. Am I right? Yeah. I mean,
2:20.2	this is really interesting. I would have said the same probably. I probably would have said,
2:26.2	before looking into this, I would have said they mean the same thing. And one is the acronym.
2:30.2	So maybe the acronym is a little more casual, informal. But the more I looked into this,
2:36.1	the more I realized how different they are and that you probably actually should never say for
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