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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, v7 _6 |) G0 T* {/ h, ]/ z) Y5 q1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
7 E3 H. I. ^* i9 u1 u    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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The 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.
7 V' B' ]6 h( O( cThese 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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5 ~4 n) ], i" F# K) N, c, {4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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5. I am a Chinese.
+ B- E& L+ G. y( gI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
; C% _6 U. ]6 |8 L6. He is a gay.
& y  ~* c+ y% ?He is gay.

$ m: G, j# S6 h$ x- m7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
0 S. \" ^. `+ W  R/ ~" {+ u8. Thanks! No thanks!