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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.7 F1 _( p/ e9 C& B- L0 k% o
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1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
/ k4 U' }, z  w- S" R; P# l( W    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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. ~2 V" n5 \7 z6 E7 y$ f# M  |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.
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' C+ h! U7 |: w2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.2 I* m8 s' V# w' M' g0 b$ p
3. Please close your phone.
& p) t% @8 i/ D5 fThese 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.5 _' F4 {' U* L& `' h; C* d7 }

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; O' w0 W  w6 s4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?. |+ X- P7 I5 s- ]
The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?8 v/ {0 A% x% o$ o1 |  D& Y

( X7 q! V; P2 q8 ]5. I am a Chinese.
; f$ _; c; k- u# [) P# mI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese. 7 q+ @4 W' T) C9 Y  ^0 j- H  x
6. He is a gay.# w' Q" b$ i* y& P4 U
He is gay. 9 n% J+ U, p. t/ ^( t

) n% g4 [* R% h+ g% |7. Why? No why. & R$ [, ~" k0 a+ H; O# d4 E! A
Not no why, no reason.
  V0 @+ }. o3 e5 O( ]4 R. T8. Thanks! No thanks!8 G, ^3 G  y7 c3 U7 T: C* ^4 l, h' |

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