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Minor but significant mistakes you may have made in speaking English

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发表于 2017-9-20 18:12 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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Some friends, especially those who are just learning English, often make the following mistakes.+ A) P0 i) C2 W5 q4 a4 X3 q& h

' Z% i" E  o9 C5 `* ]4 R3 ~5 O1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.# v" j7 z' ^1 q# A- V
    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.' h% S+ U# I+ b' P7 K5 m4 F0 `7 u
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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.
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2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
4 K+ [) c# i3 j9 a: t3. Please close your phone." X( `& t4 f4 [. r$ E* L* |
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.- V( j3 h3 _# r3 M0 I
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/ [1 R: F3 j( x; @2 V4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
1 R! x7 T2 k( Q1 ^! O+ e( i- _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.; B* e. I5 i( r0 ?
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese. : `: S% X" R* I6 j
6. He is a gay.
- ^' u  ~/ X" HHe is gay.
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$ E( {4 M& y- r& x7. Why? No why.
# p* u; M$ z+ {  P' U* mNot no why, no reason.
# Z+ l( h+ D" @; C, {) ]( k5 y" \8. Thanks! No thanks!
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