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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.- f% `2 P+ I P# j! m
My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.1 ~: g9 D3 k/ e
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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.+ _8 i& B$ c9 |! W) s9 q$ ?9 O
( ]# \% u# q+ Y9 u' l' N2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
* z* _5 V- ^1 C G* X3. Please close your phone.
. }, D0 B$ |3 S6 KThese 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.% `- j( C; J3 V8 ]6 F0 N$ W
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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?7 {& e9 n+ V ?2 @, k
The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?2 k1 C/ w' v* c+ P" u3 {+ p7 P
/ ?' K+ B+ l9 i* Q# F5. I am a Chinese.
6 U, x0 r) ]4 MI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
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! q/ v9 R( r& D& X0 |He is gay.
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7 F% @8 {0 w( }/ `7. Why? No why. , B y6 Z. s+ w! D4 N. D ]
Not no why, no reason.
0 ]+ E! n) x7 ^* c. z8. Thanks! No thanks!
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