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.

# E5 I# v- Q( c  `9 _, ?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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+ B0 \* f/ ]0 Q. AThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.

2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
: }( C7 i! U9 a8 WThese 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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4 X5 O9 h  J" L% w. m4. 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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5. I am a Chinese.
% ~" ]$ J+ z: w+ A3 E5 vI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
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He is gay.
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- q1 t9 x8 ~: R/ k' J7. Why? No why.
6 e. Q3 D. [  S) L& m* o+ {  BNot no why, no reason.
3 H7 x# _( B& G: b" d% _( h, z7 Y8. Thanks! No thanks!
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