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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
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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 f; q3 u( \' Q3 b  \    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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" v: G6 U! C+ X* |+ F  w6 uThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.* ~. q; [# D% |2 k7 z) f6 K
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2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3 n) m% N# D6 r* ^1 Y6 l% ?4 c3. Please close your phone." t6 `- P* A+ t, ]/ L4 d. |
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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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
9 Z& R" |) X' s- G, |The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?% D0 \* L: ~6 F* S

/ e* y% d1 g0 l" L5. I am a Chinese.
7 \5 I8 E4 i: K: zI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
8 J! S; i4 l0 }7 d9 Z2 c$ ^6. He is a gay.  e! }# D' r" O
He is gay. 2 Q* F: D! ~) L1 T3 Q7 U8 Q

& q' a9 X$ j/ N7 t7. Why? No why.
# ]/ q5 W5 V7 _0 X  o5 R3 rNot no why, no reason. 4 V& {$ q- J1 D5 ]# q% z1 X+ P, q) j
8. Thanks! No thanks!# ~" V+ Q  ~$ T3 e/ t

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