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.
" N3 _+ b* @' _& [9 ]    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.

( b7 }# S0 V  n5 M0 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.

2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
6 |0 K5 b8 ^: A* m7 @/ ~3. 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.
7 {7 L2 T  R  P

! |  _* s5 @+ Y' E, i4. 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?

& H2 X- i- ?9 i$ a6 p5. I am a Chinese.
4 X( z2 B% z6 j; o( }I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
( ^8 O/ b; X) ?/ w! E, qHe is gay.
) p' r1 T0 X& u& Z  ]" n" y
9 T& ^6 n- R1 v7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!
* y1 [3 b9 X4 n2 J