Minor but significant mistakes you may have made in speaking English

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Some friends, especially those who are just learning English, often make the following mistakes.
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' ~  w; a" z& ]" J$ u9 E. I5 G" m1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
# Q; Z7 a5 Y# q    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.

# k2 ]2 v- E  s* G2 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.
; q8 i4 L% i$ {# S& C, pThese 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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0 M9 A( y5 A8 \" z7 r" P4. 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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' |: n( K/ H7 ?+ `  R( i/ }5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
# G* V4 M' T/ F( r3 G8 i' d6. He is a gay.
% D( w5 ~% L/ zHe is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
. L2 T! k1 |* \6 J7 u" [8 X4 DNot no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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