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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 q# }( E7 h" A3 r3 u. F
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. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
2 i: D/ z+ Q: c3. Please close your phone.
4 X0 j. P. [& B9 _, XThese 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.$ b# I1 h& [8 g9 n; W
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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
7 k! b6 q# n! v( v1 P9 JThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?& p) U. `4 D) ]1 f' |+ w, H1 }" Y
O5 g' v& {- k/ T, O2 t5. I am a Chinese.
4 A2 i3 U3 u: T2 HI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese. : I) L+ T% D% R( Y; L/ s
6. He is a gay.1 U" c( f& ^7 c8 z5 U* t; h
He is gay. 6 t5 k+ `& p& U' \1 |+ Q
8 o3 m; {6 [' e$ F7. Why? No why. # l4 f& N5 c$ h5 b G1 O4 Z4 f
Not no why, no reason.
0 U- ?) N4 {/ X: s8. Thanks! No thanks!7 d1 t$ r- e. f7 R( [( h2 p
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