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.
* f: t2 |8 j5 M) J4 V: c
, r. x; j- R+ t; u1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
5 U9 H  o9 k$ s* x3 m    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
: B  V  X) j5 Q9 O
. x' v* |) v! jThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.
2 B3 |. w5 ^) @% H( d
2. 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.

3 s7 g" G! ~- m4 r- _
9 y) m! V" X. `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?

6 V& Z0 j  H/ J; k5 i5. I am a Chinese.
% _% ~4 a. Y) s" RI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
0 N) y4 M2 J- u0 d6. He is a gay.
5 j# t5 w' Q0 R9 J, m* QHe is gay.

7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!

4 P7 C/ `4 A6 G0 F+ b# g2 U- W