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Some friends, especially those who are just learning English, often make the following mistakes.8 K9 E% n7 P- ]; z; r4 L
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1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
3 O: e5 x0 }8 E5 ?' R" a' P9 f, x My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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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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2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
, h1 I4 z! B9 U3. Please close your phone.
% `- r/ z8 w: X5 L, D# p4 G8 yThese 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.0 S$ k8 T- Y1 B" \
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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
# |0 |( H8 ~* K* N' @) eThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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: ~& @( \ Q @4 ~2 q. n5. I am a Chinese.
3 b9 J% j+ t' T6 Y, ]" E0 LI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese. , |2 c, b2 p# ~0 S& B; b
6. He is a gay.) L/ A8 D: B/ G9 P$ y
He is gay.
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0 t- @6 H5 A, w- j, }' m7. Why? No why. ; b& O2 X8 p2 f" _1 ~% V; I
Not no why, no reason. ; [- N$ p# A7 w4 L: N9 M! h% u
8. Thanks! No thanks!. p+ }: ]- T- R) H2 ?5 |& s
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