Minor but significant mistakes you may have made in speaking English

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Some friends, especially those who are just learning English, often make the following mistakes.
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1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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1 ~2 B2 K9 S0 @) O' C7 hThe 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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) ~9 g& i2 Q; j7 M4 F2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
5 i4 H8 k" z% c1 H+ {( ^3. Please close your phone.
0 h9 [: ]6 w% {! ?6 lThese 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 j1 q, ~: U5 N6 j5 Y' M4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
4 {& N; ?3 c3 ?2 D5 GThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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+ P) K4 \& `, D/ C6 \2 g3 K' W8 t5. I am a Chinese.
; f7 e0 [) h3 W) H5 v! xI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
+ I! y* }/ h& p6. He is a gay.
He is gay.

+ r" i# W' N! }6 v# e/ w7. Why? No why.
8 i8 A' R+ |4 |# A/ e; ]! y5 N1 ~4 hNot no why, no reason.
8 Y! j% u. s  t4 r! @) l8 p8. Thanks! No thanks!
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