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Minor but significant mistakes you may have made in speaking English

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发表于 2017-9-20 18:12 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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Some friends, especially those who are just learning English, often make the following mistakes./ m! }& V  A# A) Z

. R' G# z0 ~9 X9 f7 Z9 b1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.- c0 H! q+ s. q) n6 @
    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.1 K7 m" S7 L5 [0 b! Z" A/ Y- Q

9 A( z$ W  W* ]# D% e3 k1 WThe 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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. }, Z, i/ i) ~0 N. y2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
% Q% |# ]) K% C; G' |; O3. Please close your phone.
9 z! @: D2 O( 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.6 x* F7 l( W3 r$ E- X% c# t
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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
' |0 U8 P3 E% k& `- ~: xThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?4 u- S& @6 O; x. O
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5. I am a Chinese." |& V6 G* S; j7 ]
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese. 8 Y# |* u. F, g( C  ^. r
6. He is a gay.
- n1 e/ C/ Z. z1 sHe is gay. 1 ]! @3 v9 J5 z- H

+ i8 S7 L4 u1 i  K7 g# K2 W7. Why? No why. * v' i2 Y, W: E/ _
Not no why, no reason.
; q$ w) T' y! x& [8. Thanks! No thanks!: a5 r7 E0 e3 J% |# p7 |
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