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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.3 }$ A7 ?( e. ^4 \5 N$ }# D4 [
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1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
: q) X( T4 m' S- |    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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+ Y- M# \/ q% l& y; }/ YThe 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.
# g4 V4 X3 C/ X+ t# ~5 X: J3. Please close your phone.
. Z1 G% 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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" ?2 |6 D0 `  S6 J' p9 Y4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
! g4 [* r; {- g  j7 lThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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5. I am a Chinese.
" K  X/ ^, b- v) j2 A5 LI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese. ; u- U4 t1 ?) p0 l/ C  J$ \  k1 u& S
6. He is a gay.' q, f! N4 P6 W$ f# n# h
He is gay.
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& q$ _0 K; x! I; Y6 y% I9 A, N7. Why? No why. : Q& ^: L5 `* b6 K2 q1 H" C
Not no why, no reason. ) L# ]3 D9 G* j, D) X; ?) q
8. Thanks! No thanks!( o& B% W) Z& _* S% Y) b

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