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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., a: w# r9 B/ t' m, L
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1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
7 G/ v5 W& U6 x1 w2 }    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.# s( o3 H/ W( \5 X

, o: a7 {+ ?$ D4 [' i+ J6 ?1 V  @9 qThe 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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' X& Y+ M+ t' g2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
5 z9 ^* ?5 ~/ d3. Please close your phone.
1 d$ B9 o) Y' k* d! {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?
7 D; p$ k& H4 A) q" G! nThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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5. I am a Chinese.9 G3 S. Y+ c# i( R
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese. 5 T( K7 z7 i5 P- _! W: A& f
6. He is a gay.# e5 G/ `+ Z4 D! _
He is gay.
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" m, a- Z" z: Q9 S; ^9 X. S7. Why? No why. 7 l& r$ g" s2 H# g: e" Q
Not no why, no reason. ( U* b  I) @& A; [* u- F% L" {
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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