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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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, P& v2 A4 Q7 X1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.% f) p. l: t( }' f8 j, L/ O
    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.: Y) Q& T5 k2 i8 ]- m8 N% D- Q

3 L9 f, i- ?' q# N2 `/ N" FThe 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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" s" c. @; s" w2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
8 u7 H9 x8 i: i" p( K. l3. Please close your phone.
/ ~. d% ^$ q6 Z& kThese 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?3 Y& F2 Y4 o* U' q  u- L
The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?4 J- x  [* I0 c

* g4 C- ~" I+ u: w& t5. I am a Chinese.
5 v# ~" K  U: v; ~; m5 ^I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese. 5 r  m* |. y% j, {  J/ n
6. He is a gay.
3 E7 @* b, Z$ z  i  x; V# VHe is gay. % J) Z9 ?% j( i+ ~% l9 O

' {% j, k3 [( W: x) X2 s2 R+ P, p7. Why? No why. $ i3 J6 ~1 R$ f4 M& }9 h7 G
Not no why, no reason.
! U% j' r/ R0 L8. Thanks! No thanks!
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