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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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" l( i* y( e! E2 z5 e2 m1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.* `7 p- O0 n& x7 E  Q. z8 |
    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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) W" l2 ~1 `, u# n4 VThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.7 K+ F/ H% U' I
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2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
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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.- `5 V* p( h3 s
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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?$ l2 w1 v, C9 c* L9 T
The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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6 O  L' Y8 X0 v: x5. I am a Chinese.5 E! ?7 ~' [& _( g: s! z" J
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
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He is gay. 6 K( W3 U) ~7 m$ \& D
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7. Why? No why.
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8. Thanks! No thanks!$ u* \% y: g/ p7 ~; z0 a" A
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