Minor but significant mistakes you may have made in speaking English

billzhao

Some friends, especially those who are just learning English, often make the following mistakes.
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2 r% V* `7 o+ g9 m9 s9 ~+ J1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
/ Q8 ~/ D: P6 j    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.

$ t3 F: c# Q! o+ G7 FThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.

2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
' |- l+ e+ ]0 @! @# f# z) b% U9 @These mistakes are made because of direct translation. Another similar mistake is: I very like Canada. You really like Canada, or you like Canada very much.


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The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?

5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
7 ]5 |$ n6 e1 r0 y8 U( Q. H6. He is a gay.
He is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
1 ]# U8 g) A  P" b% i: w: v" [Not no why, no reason.
2 e5 C/ G1 J8 [# h" [6 O8. Thanks! No thanks!
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