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Minor but significant mistakes you may have made in speaking English

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发表于 2017-9-20 18:12 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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.0 T4 o. b  q) i+ v$ r* r4 @$ M
    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.. B/ V& z  D4 z9 l: v% Q3 ?
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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.  V& k! E- v$ c# ?

+ g8 n4 @6 B3 K/ y0 h2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.3 c. X2 S1 A; ?
3. Please close your phone.
" _) M9 T# G  V( s$ s. K6 vThese 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.( \* }( h) i  j1 ?! c
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/ ]' M) T: m% K" O' j: M4 s4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?$ B+ `* s$ n; z9 X6 E
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.) G! L; c1 m, s' W. o' T% y  b
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
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He is gay. 8 K( l5 c  V  m) c- _. r7 K9 h

# D: ^, r9 l' C# U$ d7 I8 n7. Why? No why.
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- e9 u; b6 c, [* B8. Thanks! No thanks!& x  {  r( ]. ]. W" Q9 p
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