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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0 \4 A3 s  d, f$ b2 U1. 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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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.
3. Please close your phone.
7 ^# v- j# R: `6 b) e3 z* ~+ mThese 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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( _) N, O% `2 K$ h# e3 U. R1 @3 Z4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
0 ]- h& z) H" `8 c8 ^4 dThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
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He is gay.

7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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