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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.2 d1 F' P, q* k. X! V( A
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1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
% X( A% m/ Y% P- j    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.6 F' S1 |6 c7 K0 H

- }8 g9 N5 H# ~7 lThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.
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' I$ q! r! E6 {- u4 H' f" ?2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
( u/ \9 E* F% Z; n; Z3. Please close your phone.- L4 v6 |- L5 @! x) w
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.& ]$ _8 W# F8 U8 ], \
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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
6 y% ~: |# z- [7 P& C- ~The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?# e# l+ V  X* s- I3 K
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5. I am a Chinese.; C, x0 Z# U1 [
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese. 1 [! `- l, A0 w' c% g8 G
6. He is a gay.' w% R: [" c! d8 }4 e, l7 E
He is gay.
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4 K" p( t+ S/ w+ t7. Why? No why. : e1 Z1 N, F9 ^5 R+ a/ n4 V
Not no why, no reason.
; u! J# f* `" `8. Thanks! No thanks!
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