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.
7 G/ v5 W& U6 x1 w2 }    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.

, o: a7 {+ ?$ D4 [' i+ J6 ?1 V  @9 qThe 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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' X& Y+ M+ t' g2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
5 z9 ^* ?5 ~/ d3. Please close your phone.
1 d$ B9 o) Y' k* d! {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 D; p$ k& H4 A) q" G! nThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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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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" m, a- Z" z: Q9 S; ^9 X. S7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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