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.

/ H" u+ D* P9 m8 P1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
. z4 g1 _- e; A4 a1 F+ D  n' z    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.

5 P# r1 |! b( Y+ T" iThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.

6 K/ z5 ?5 B& N$ t9 z2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
2 z& Z. ~) H) w3. 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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% v, C6 ^# C/ w6 E) W; |  H4. 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?

5. I am a Chinese.
, G3 f7 Y) Y5 K3 hI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
. d: d0 O% I( p' n3 [6. He is a gay.
He is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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