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. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
/ A- }2 a; ^4 e" n$ l    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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3 O: P; l; p% D- L2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
. A9 a, O4 U" n) V* D. SThese 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. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
. u; t* W4 s$ n9 m! E+ BThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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+ Y" p+ A" W0 n+ p& W& @+ a3 t5. I am a Chinese.
3 e- k5 N3 M' U7 A7 GI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
  ~! `9 f9 D! @8 `/ M, h6. He is a gay.
He is gay.

7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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