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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1 y2 _7 c( K& x9 D$ K. x3 F$ g: y1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
- ?" K7 ]# ^# O8 v. D5 H    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.

) u2 m- l# q( m: x9 o( D; N# IThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.

* p9 `+ R' T# S2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
. ~! J2 u  X+ V6 [: d* a! eThese 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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. L$ |3 y5 d* q: g4. 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?
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" ]) r2 s- [6 Y5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
$ s4 h! T- r1 o/ y- `; t( d6. He is a gay.
He is gay.

+ T( L4 r# R) @% }! l/ r7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
0 f8 u- A2 l) z; V1 Q2 \. P; d. u8. Thanks! No thanks!

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