Common Mistakes : Catch

Catch – Verb

BAD: The dialogue in this video is very difficult to catch

GOOD: The dialogue in this video is very difficult to understand

BAD: At that time I couldn’t speak or catch English at all

GOOD: At that time I couldn’t speak or understand English at all

Catch (= hear and/or understand) is used only in connection with what someone has just said: ‘I’m afraid I didn’t quite catch the last point. Could you go over it again?’ Did either of you manage to catch her name