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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.3 S; j7 M& R% a/ r% G- t; P
    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.( G1 V2 s/ j3 E+ n

' i- e( ~" W0 N1 C9 b3 g. t) F9 b, zThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.5 y, B- l9 I  b
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2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.% ], d5 Q; }. a1 ~7 T5 M4 K* ^
3. Please close your phone.
8 t/ x5 z! R- s) K- tThese 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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3 H1 V* e8 S$ h; M( K! @4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
# e: z9 b9 B6 |) r; v( n6 NThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?% `$ ^. E5 Q2 a6 d) |0 P/ ]1 y5 P# W1 E

% z* y  b5 u, j5 [' m5. I am a Chinese.
% i9 i. G4 G; p8 ~5 C/ z' _( H5 M% mI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
" @' b8 ]) ~: G3 q1 j6. He is a gay.5 a6 w1 U6 a7 }  A, J: Q; R
He is gay. : c7 ]. e9 y6 [% y, `; V

, ~/ _- @1 F& d3 s7. Why? No why. ( q2 f( |% {3 J
Not no why, no reason. . k' n) B6 E& M3 I) H. T
8. Thanks! No thanks!, V. p, E- h6 u# I; c% I

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