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.

1. 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.

6 u3 J& B: L3 U. W% ^2 `' s2 V1 i2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
" \+ I/ W4 N; Y/ Z3. Please close your phone.
- a5 R+ L% w/ E* I- `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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+ S$ W. ]% O+ v6 A4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
. ^3 G* k8 X- l/ Q& |The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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# B/ H! e1 n7 c8 K( z5. I am a Chinese.
4 C2 c1 h0 g9 X! Q3 l+ G! hI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
He is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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