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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.
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1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year." D2 `, A# {# n! N2 n* u
    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.5 D9 u4 {: k6 k; i$ ~, M5 [4 B
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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.# {- O% t5 P5 a1 I1 a2 g8 d5 n% U

. F3 W: w' W% V, q2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.0 \2 v+ T0 H3 K% t: c0 u; I' |' H
3. Please close your phone./ o5 k, I  t  P: T
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?
. j' v, a: v+ W( u! p- MThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?% ]1 \2 y/ t/ h2 K5 j3 ^) p# B: m
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5. I am a Chinese.
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6. He is a gay.4 E  h& ~$ s& ~/ {4 C4 q
He is gay. ; N. ?6 n) R3 A$ R, Y
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7. Why? No why.
( ]# S; F" @$ Z6 H4 z  ~/ xNot no why, no reason.
7 T1 q& t. v/ X2 o; x) [8. Thanks! No thanks!
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