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.
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1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
) n  {) E! x4 |    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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& b" ]0 T- E* V" m% A. @, i, ]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.
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2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
# b* y% ~7 W  H% J; K9 G( BThese 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?
, d, S' H, R5 MThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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6 m3 r. e  Z3 y3 D; r6 H$ \5. I am a Chinese.
6 E4 A: I1 l& s  tI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
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7. Why? No why.
- b+ t" ?# f: M' J; d* ^7 E2 jNot no why, no reason.
7 Y* A7 E* l2 G2 z0 V8. Thanks! No thanks!
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