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.

1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
! ~, ?4 j; S, r0 c; V  X    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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  R9 p* `$ u, B) S8 h' w6 A5 SThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.

4 U# {& u0 U  O7 m* f1 W) {) G2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
# Q! T/ s$ G; y/ z' x# rThese 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?
The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?

5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
He is gay.
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. l' N, h5 u1 Q3 V7. Why? No why.
& B4 _8 G% H4 ^, P& INot no why, no reason.
' I& B3 s% Q& @/ Q) _+ d) A: [3 R8. Thanks! No thanks!

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