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 P5 ?9 g. X. L5 z% }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.
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7 ^' h+ x  v" u% 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.

! N2 p  _/ U: t4 ]* u1 o' d2. 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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3 S6 Y0 Y. G' Y) ]- c! {  A4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
: m+ m/ h! f# X' U7 P- n' v. @The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?

5. I am a Chinese.
  k4 N6 ^; V  V- GI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
- Q8 b" L. V; q, j7 A. a, ?4 z: bHe is gay.

9 |1 X+ T4 X( }) s: n6 Y" z5 N7. Why? No why.
  U+ l1 x' S" Y" V; y: C2 y6 w9 `Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!

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