Minor but significant mistakes you may have made in speaking English

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Some friends, especially those who are just learning English, often make the following mistakes.

1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
9 a7 b' t3 f+ x5 E% [    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.

$ _' e, F, s2 {" U. ?, L4 {2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
) F3 A+ S: e# z2 g& M3. Please close your phone.
8 b, k( P$ L3 u$ {- bThese 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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7 q) ^4 L( C6 N) o: u. Y1 d  L4. 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?

1 A; m. j+ q0 I: ~' m5. I am a Chinese.
1 c* W/ L" t' |9 jI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
) o+ B* G- F  g3 R$ uHe is gay.
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  @6 {1 t# i9 A- V1 c1 x$ K7. Why? No why.
. ]  c, ^  {2 m+ \Not no why, no reason.
& n0 Q1 X$ @/ O( `; d/ n8. Thanks! No thanks!
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