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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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1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
0 c  z) b$ k3 E: ]7 n    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.9 U% `( \- z5 V# I! P
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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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3. Please close your phone.3 E5 t0 F8 a' W
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 u4 _& _3 m' P! t) ]- t
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6 \4 l+ y' f! @8 m" f- r4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
8 d' c2 I# e* U% ~/ P1 y6 UThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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5. I am a Chinese.  z5 ~1 j3 |6 `5 Q
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
: Q. y* V6 z& n( E6. He is a gay.
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7. Why? No why.
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/ [; T+ j' h0 M4 \8. Thanks! No thanks!. G  `+ [3 d+ G9 ?$ @' t7 p
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