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.
% E6 B6 E( p* i/ X    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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9 Y7 u1 r" F  H6 q* [3 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.

- U  l# d* u0 e2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
& a* q7 u! a7 I4 t1 c; @! kThese 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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$ z  v$ `) x$ x4 u) j' a+ q1 |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?
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0 R* M0 t3 k, A4 @* y/ f5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
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He is gay.

0 P3 V0 ^  h9 \- y+ O7. Why? No why.
* u- o8 H9 I; a& x; PNot no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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