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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2 G; h# m  x/ H- e% d! A9 r( i1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
5 J1 k; a7 y9 o  F0 G( l* I2 z    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.

. {6 K3 k* u9 J( R# 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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5 g9 U* Q) ]" _' F" O2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
4 G8 X7 a# d( R" q3 z- ~  M3. Please close your phone.
! {  H# J* v8 f: w$ JThese 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.


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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5 Q: q1 [2 K. T0 q; P  {, x5. I am a Chinese.
& r1 M, ~( B* b2 rI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
; M3 f2 P3 @5 x0 H) ]! AHe is gay.
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+ f% [5 C. a2 T, y7. Why? No why.
, L( T* f+ A  n# J  W8 KNot no why, no reason.
& T1 F  t2 S& [/ b- H6 S8. Thanks! No thanks!
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