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Minor but significant mistakes you may have made in speaking English

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发表于 2017-9-20 18:12 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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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.# Z/ l: t8 p' W
    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.7 y$ f  W; n: ^
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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.9 |( D% t+ D" X9 l3 H; f; I. c
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2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.4 D, H# j( O$ P4 k$ B
3. Please close your phone.
9 |* w: O) j5 z; T8 BThese 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.) d8 N, q& I; ]5 g7 _' Q

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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
) p% g. a& S$ w  c- KThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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; }' f- c& }8 z' ]5. I am a Chinese./ M2 m3 v' b( ?, l$ s
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese. # j8 h: ^, D! _; t
6. He is a gay.
0 H4 K+ C4 F+ DHe is gay.
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4 I5 |1 A, f8 V( U0 w7. Why? No why. 5 r& T3 L! W- @$ `. I8 ?
Not no why, no reason.
5 E  i7 t+ A% U- e% |8. Thanks! No thanks!- J0 L5 ~# y) a! u# O  z7 P$ a

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