Spoken English

Use of It occurred to me that (subject + verb) & Let me + (verb); Day: 25

It occurred to me that (subject + verb)

The word ‘occurred’ informs someone that something has come to mind or has been found. You are letting someone know that you suddenly have thought or remembered about something.

‘āϏāĻ‚āϘāϟāĻŋāϤ’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϝ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻāϏ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāύ⧇ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāσ:

“It occurred to me that I forgot your birthday.”

“āĻāϟāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āϝ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻĻāĻŋāύ āϭ⧁āϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“It occurred to me that we both belong to the same gym.”

“āĻāϟāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āϝ⧇ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻĻ⧁āϜāύ⧇āχ āĻāĻ•āχ āϜāĻŋāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āĻ—āϤāĨ¤”

“It occurred to me that we enjoy a lot of the same things.”

“āĻāϟāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āϝ⧇ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āχ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āωāĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤”

“It occurred to me the price for homes are more expensive here.”

“āĻāϟāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋāĨ¤”

“It occurred to me that eating healthy makes me feel better.”

“āĻāϟāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āϝ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āϝāĻ•āϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ āĻŦā§‹āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤”

Using the word ‘had’ or ‘has’ can change what you are saying to represent something remembered in a past time.

‘had’ āĻŦāĻž ‘has’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻž āĻŦāϞāϛ⧇āύ āϤāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āϝāĻž āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāσ:

“It had occurred to me that I forgot something at the grocery.”

“āĻāϟāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ–āĻžāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϭ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”

“It had occurred to me I might need to change my email address.”

“āĻāϟāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āχāĻŽā§‡āϞ āĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻžāύāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤”

“It has occurred to me I forgot my mom’s birthday.”

“āĻāϟāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āϘāĻŸā§‡āϛ⧇ āϝ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻĻāĻŋāύ āϭ⧁āϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“It has occurred to me before.”

“āĻāϟāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇āĻ“ āϘāĻŸā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤”

Let me + (verb)

‘Let me’ is suggesting that you are asking for permission or an opportunity to do something.

‘āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ•’ āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āϝ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏ⧁āϝ⧋āĻ— āϚāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤

Here are some examples:

“Let me make my own decisions.”

“āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāĻ“āĨ¤”

“Let me offer to help you.”

“āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāχāĨ¤”

“Let me open the door for you.”

“āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻāϰāϜāĻž āϖ⧁āϞāϤ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāĻ“āĨ¤”

“Let me pause and think about what we are doing.”

“āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāϤ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϕ⧀ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“Let me welcome you to the neighborhood.”

“āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āϤ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāχāĨ¤”

“Let me save you the trouble.”

“āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻˇā§āϟ āĻŦāĻžāρāϚāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāĻ“āĨ¤”

“Let me make a suggestion.”

“āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāĻ“āĨ¤”

“Let me try and fix your car.”

“āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāύāĨ¤”

“Let me taste the soup before you add more spices.”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻŽāĻļāϞāĻž āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϝ⧁āĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāύāĨ¤”

“Let me treat you to some ice cream.”

“āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āφāχāϏāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāĻŽ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāĻ“āĨ¤”