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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, j  ]5 @. R) w8 s. p1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
$ v/ @, u) D- b/ Q7 }. ]$ Y) K/ o    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.

( e. f/ |( V" J6 _# D5 JThe 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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; U5 E$ B( X% g* q' O6 ?2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
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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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
- `; j- m0 f! ^' AThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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5. I am a Chinese.
, {' z! h7 p- I' f! z6 VI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
5 s5 U/ j4 C6 i( I. F' V6 H% x6. He is a gay.
; f" X& y! }" d, jHe is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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