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Some friends, especially those who are just learning English, often make the following mistakes.$ V/ n3 m: n- H3 p0 |, G- g9 N& D* D
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1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
6 C' U# U; P( h+ I& Q* e My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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2 R; G: B4 z4 A5 t* w; 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.
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2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.) H9 o9 `+ y; U [, R) S; i: J
3. Please close your phone.
! L, N4 m% h7 g! |" @ Q' g4 i2 j ~These 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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$ d0 m" [0 |& F9 N2 @4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
9 O: u1 y2 g/ s! Z$ Q$ FThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?8 `6 z. K' t1 K5 {
! S' Z; Z1 t! \" u _2 n5. I am a Chinese.
* w4 Y( X8 S) p& e3 R" ZI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
0 |+ q5 n4 ^6 ?/ R E3 Y+ F( b6. He is a gay.: G* c4 ]5 }7 p. k7 q1 v
He is gay. 6 R, m' p* t$ e; o3 u
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7. Why? No why.
9 \/ f( f/ f2 I( i4 N% ?Not no why, no reason. ) O" C& p" H6 r4 M
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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