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.
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9 C# s+ x5 T7 {& g  a1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
* [9 v; Z* r7 B2 D0 \. I9 z    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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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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$ H" x7 D5 @  r2 J9 B* r6 h2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
: d( Q, s7 ~, W/ bThese 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?
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.
) e7 C- n( V' ?. ^" j8 X9 qI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
8 l  c1 O' F' F. ]. `: X7 BHe is gay.

/ u) |" [% m/ [+ a7. Why? No why.
1 g; @  o) j5 l) D5 s5 BNot no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!

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