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.

( D4 I$ H/ B% f6 v- D1 ]! m" L4 q1. 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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/ v$ A4 h* K& g8 i( j/ ~3 x! z$ mThe 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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8 t) i) F  }6 H; ~* h2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
These 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?
The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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! ^8 A" p0 z- x2 k5. I am a Chinese.
4 l; v, I6 b; u: P8 T  Y. hI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
) x; a! N/ c0 s! L) Y' b& y- r6. He is a gay.
0 ^# k% b, p* s: L! ~He is gay.
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) [! ]; C/ d6 N8 j) U4 P7. Why? No why.
; S) ~1 n; ^$ I# @Not no why, no reason.
* f5 f: P+ T$ w, k- [& ]+ `8. Thanks! No thanks!