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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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. L0 s* d  C2 ^* K0 {1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.; h: B( ~1 q' M5 u, o9 O% e
    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.* D. J' q+ D1 ~' v

8 o: [6 x+ ~9 A! v/ @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.5 g1 W# Q8 K. c* `$ F
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2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
/ I$ T7 z' m6 Y: K0 q6 T1 I9 ^4 \3. Please close your phone.# a8 M, M7 K- ^- W/ N9 s7 U
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.0 `  |  J2 g0 K3 m4 Y7 i

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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?" ~! V2 F2 s" c
The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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2 p9 o) j2 y* M+ o6 ^5. I am a Chinese.
. l3 {- w! z% R! g  B/ J& K9 S) KI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
$ F. M  `% ~$ b# c0 U; V1 J6. He is a gay.# x% J, t+ H! ?; b9 K3 q
He is gay. / p( L/ w$ @" j5 C/ x

5 }( y& W: |8 z. W7. Why? No why.
$ e1 G' s# w; n% x; u5 x4 b9 YNot no why, no reason.
* x& G. T! o2 b0 g$ i1 v3 O0 t8. Thanks! No thanks!
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