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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1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.

0 ?& E9 l8 h2 e' eThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.

. Z. B# Y$ x3 r  ~  t2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
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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9 T8 e, r5 F$ P4. 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?

5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
, G! D# h+ Q& @% \& y( m9 \7 G# J6. He is a gay.
He is gay.

; y: H4 U4 z* E" b1 L& h7. Why? No why.
( i' Y9 F% G$ s. E' FNot no why, no reason.
% d; O5 B) m7 R" i/ D: z' W7 a  O: U8. Thanks! No thanks!