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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1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
" I0 S6 x7 ]; y) x% J3 F    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.

( i5 b* v& T  ?8 a  j( CThe 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. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
7 n9 {" f. o1 q0 P6 g3. 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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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
) \! I6 a4 V' p& L# k0 R6 oThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?

3 {) }) z1 k# y4 Y5 c5. I am a Chinese.
! A) S; z4 T2 z3 ]$ JI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
# t* u9 L* a3 UHe is gay.
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& }0 A% t  Y1 V/ u& A7. Why? No why.
7 e7 C! K9 a; XNot no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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