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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.6 H! g* O" q# T; J; ~* I
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1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.- j5 U# D9 l% g
    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.+ j& O$ Q+ `& a$ ~) h, 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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8 U2 I6 j% u# A6 ^! [5 a+ H2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
, K8 w. P  G2 c3. Please close your phone.
& w+ s% ^* B0 y: SThese 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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+ O2 u+ s# P. ^4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?4 C3 B, H6 Q1 c6 m5 J. d7 L
The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?7 o( P2 w0 a/ f, q3 J5 ~/ y2 Y

, W5 A' I  R. m# ?$ Y9 j5. I am a Chinese.
. x0 e: ]# u. J9 l( q  |I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
! B9 }6 k% U* T0 X6 \$ R& }2 ^, w6. He is a gay.+ J5 ?. Z8 ^9 K" }/ l
He is gay. % V' v" `" B' A' \! T2 }% x+ L7 @
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7. Why? No why.   [; ?0 v) Q4 d$ H/ ^# b. B- m
Not no why, no reason.
$ T5 b" c9 |% k+ g" y8. Thanks! No thanks!
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