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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) d/ F. @$ _$ L, [0 ?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.

3 ?- _! n9 e  k; KThe 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.
3. Please close your phone.
- M9 `5 q5 g) |9 iThese 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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- `  b8 j- L, q4 _4. 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?

5. I am a Chinese.
# Y7 `( ^# {+ ^I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
/ o, i1 P1 z* u0 \6. He is a gay.
6 `! j3 e1 L% W/ w6 g" x$ uHe is gay.
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; r( V' t4 y' K$ S; k5 ~+ u' a7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!

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