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.

9 K! ?5 O  s  ~: x3 o/ V1. 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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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.

* G1 ?  x" E! Q2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
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.


4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
1 I' L# b& y' e$ ]; \The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?

5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
He is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
; N! ?6 S6 L3 o9 V* f( }, X6 B! CNot no why, no reason.
3 ~6 \. C+ e% r' `- h8. Thanks! No thanks!

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