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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$ W/ r! |; D5 W, Z1 \" p/ M7 h( |1. 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.

9 u5 Y; ?2 B. iThe 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.
3. Please close your phone.
( j% K3 V$ ~! YThese 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?
$ V$ h& B* Y1 m; I7 V  y& ?  eThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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- J1 g4 s- L+ D' j: V5. I am a Chinese.
0 H" @% b8 h! v: Z+ `' ?( d( ]- g6 cI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
7 D3 Y5 u: f# J4 Q$ nHe is gay.
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9 E+ \1 _" \! H9 r$ H1 a4 ?  U7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
  l6 k$ t; ~" D6 o8. Thanks! No thanks!

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