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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- d  M. X1 V7 ^. m1. 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.
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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.
* _& o, Q' j) M( L! tThese 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.


* T( l7 H& @# m, f. P  |; E7 h; s4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
! R$ Q7 D2 \; J% `$ a% NThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?

+ h: h4 k+ H8 }3 Y: N+ Z6 E5. I am a Chinese.
( t/ {/ V+ D% a% \( R: i5 s! ^I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
He is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!