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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./ q9 ~) q! T8 m( X) ?' Z
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./ t$ Y% K/ M( T5 l. G7 h
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2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain." w- q# x! r$ B, v. l' A R
3. Please close your phone.
0 e c, `* n X; gThese 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.$ b& ?* w# z6 ] G: C% Z
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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
* n0 P& @9 | k. _The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?/ o7 B& S1 ~3 u% W! L! n
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5. I am a Chinese.
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l: n8 r0 Q+ H5 }) g6. He is a gay.1 l% e! x% {( V, i. S3 d8 J. g( N
He is gay.
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; k, Q7 h$ J& M7. Why? No why. # B0 G' `8 M7 V1 Y
Not no why, no reason.
8 ?4 M' P0 P8 n' y/ X% F' e8. Thanks! No thanks!
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