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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.* M" _0 V& ?* B$ T8 D/ I
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1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.$ i$ }# B* Y; @
    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.' X6 A8 P! F9 r" j) G$ R. W
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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.3 E" @* _4 ]5 s( Y- A

: O8 V0 n& i  M& A! r$ [2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
6 ?: N/ y+ C( _0 l1 \$ d6 s* s3. Please close your phone.
8 n( L& w9 E6 G" n3 u6 p9 wThese 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.' W  B( W! N5 U1 g7 G/ E

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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
* r  D& `6 g/ {* j/ u& C) ^" C$ jThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?' ~8 K0 K% T* i2 o

0 J  R" |5 R0 w, Z6 C1 d4 X6 D% s8 _8 N5. I am a Chinese.
$ X5 x" b' i& E, }I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese. 0 q6 u. m: W6 p/ @  E
6. He is a gay.
) V8 y8 f+ Q6 RHe is gay.
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0 i( k& G$ @" z5 X+ n: p7. Why? No why. 3 `& P7 r. X9 d' s8 K9 R  h% T
Not no why, no reason.
5 n6 y! V8 q! J" b- }- u: S8. Thanks! No thanks!
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