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.

- ^2 ?( q. Z  H7 d$ m, G' S1. 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.

( I$ d5 |3 u  l$ A: o! K; IThe 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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) s4 O  K. f. `8 j4 I) W( }2. 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.

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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
7 T0 m8 l0 V; c4 I$ j9 P! f7 DThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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5. I am a Chinese.
0 Y" \) i! T( n  j8 A. A9 r1 [7 B, kI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
He is gay.

7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!

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