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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. a* n4 P. u1 |9 N: x* i1 V- w1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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3 e7 k5 n' L- z- G6 X/ cThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.

! n- h  H+ i/ r: c0 K4 `0 F2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
  J8 {  n9 _1 j( ?3. Please close your phone.
+ S& e! p, ^# O7 G. PThese 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?
The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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5. I am a Chinese.
3 g7 @8 \" A% dI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
( T6 q) ~3 i* c0 k6. He is a gay.
He is gay.

7. Why? No why.
6 }6 Y) W- z4 I. w3 l- d8 r2 R# m8 ^Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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