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.

+ S4 D3 s3 Z) g, y4 L1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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& n: P2 g. h2 d# [9 j, XThe 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.
2 I. l0 R8 t, y9 @5 \$ SThese 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?
The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?

# t7 B- d- u' P- ?1 g, P1 w5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
' z( K: L/ K) X" t6. He is a gay.
9 |6 ?: Y- u, VHe is gay.
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* o- `" t& T) S7. Why? No why.
% u6 Y  J) u  d# |4 O3 t; @. ~Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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