Minor but significant mistakes you may have made in speaking English

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Some friends, especially those who are just learning English, often make the following mistakes.

1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
6 C' U# U; P( h+ I& Q* e    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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2 R; G: B4 z4 A5 t* w; ZThe 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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2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
! L, N4 m% h7 g! |" @  Q' g4 i2 j  ~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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$ d0 m" [0 |& F9 N2 @4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
9 O: u1 y2 g/ s! Z$ Q$ FThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?

! S' Z; Z1 t! \" u  _2 n5. I am a Chinese.
* w4 Y( X8 S) p& e3 R" ZI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
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He is gay.

7. Why? No why.
9 \/ f( f/ f2 I( i4 N% ?Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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