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.

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.

) z& F; P8 Z- i# 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.

$ C8 i% O7 F- C2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
7 |5 Y0 @, Y* a: \( v6 I3. Please close your phone.
! X* ]( u) }( X9 i/ {, aThese 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 [  @1 z; M1 x4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
) N2 \4 g) D: ~The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?

4 ~9 ^* D$ c5 O' N! w$ h5. I am a Chinese.
( T; Y9 D. ?8 d4 ?2 V4 @; _! MI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6 F1 t7 b% L2 f9 V1 \6 ]  q6. He is a gay.
0 l" ?! ]% m% A# _5 bHe is gay.
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( n/ d0 \2 N: ^& b% t. y7. Why? No why.
# v( s6 x' ?4 x1 T& j2 K; J- HNot no why, no reason.
5 o% {- _2 b0 o  j  _( i8. Thanks! No thanks!

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