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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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! q! \: l# q% g1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
- K' U  U* b$ J6 ?2 I2 h# p8 H    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.! X. i: R# i; T4 D6 z
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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.2 {" J- \; K( }- i
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2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
" g4 w7 a# Q9 U1 e) ~5 p3. Please close your phone.
' ?9 Q4 ^. \( u4 [: d% @8 YThese 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.6 @3 K3 z; V0 C: ~! a

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* F. H) {$ W. |( {  S. A4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
# i. I2 F! [: I$ ]! LThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?  G" u" W- b5 Y0 V- i

$ r" z  g0 [$ F) R) `+ @9 A5. I am a Chinese.
/ E8 a$ R2 f7 ^6 K' g/ c) Y6 N4 @I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese. ' c: n5 e, o) l, @
6. He is a gay.  H- x$ }4 }- p. E4 T% Z% r
He is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
, X) A; |; `3 A2 n, SNot no why, no reason.
( N% y* `3 U' F' v/ K* I" L" X" l8. Thanks! No thanks!
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