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.

1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
4 j- C1 t0 L8 X  ?! @9 q. j9 a    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.
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2 ?  l( J1 q- M0 h5 P" N2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
2 s7 }8 r) O! Q: u8 {. N2 \& P: n3. Please close your phone.
' @( v$ {0 `8 k! w! O" b5 DThese 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.


+ Q! Y1 Z, O! L6 a8 F4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
+ H* I$ U1 X3 F1 G; {! GThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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2 @1 g* J7 ^/ F1 v2 {, k0 T5. I am a Chinese.
, x- L* l7 A1 h1 n4 y/ dI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
/ b. ]7 a1 G9 `) O' S  I3 M+ B) q6. He is a gay.
3 X( S0 j0 c/ e1 N, T# QHe is gay.

# M; E+ H0 x. r5 X* E3 Z/ m2 E7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!

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