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.
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+ o$ Y, R4 m) a- D% h9 y1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
+ F6 G2 L& p* s/ z3 z  J+ V0 j    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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# Z: j* {) j  ^; f# f5 u( k1 i$ [& QThe 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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" H- H* ?2 i# L, o+ y) W0 t2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
7 E0 l$ ~  U6 V5 bThese 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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; F- m' }+ D6 g+ Y* y" u4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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9 s4 n& A' W4 c$ i  U3 A& M5. I am a Chinese.
0 O8 q: N( F) w  G. @I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
- ?3 y6 I; S9 n( y. \He is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
$ O/ T2 T% P$ }& c8 qNot no why, no reason.
. V% ?2 x% h& x. Z8. Thanks! No thanks!