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. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
8 M6 b  g0 a  c' q; W1 b    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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The 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.
9 C- o# |8 I6 _1 v" W* L. n( V9 i$ i3. 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?
8 f2 a+ K' v; l: h0 l/ ]The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?

5. I am a Chinese.
9 R' M  d- K% A9 _8 ?& ^$ c$ A  c6 }$ oI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
He is gay.
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* [& M* T: P8 \" i9 b# o. s* \* V7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
9 g. l$ t+ `2 C- B# I& y; W) D8. Thanks! No thanks!