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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4 u3 q  E+ [6 ?3 A% a* q1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
, t- U, J8 I5 x    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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! |7 [6 z& Q' l% \( w: ~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.

7 O# [  q2 k$ \2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
( X* n& @  k# c2 h+ O$ H% x* P3. Please close your phone.
: c- g" l: B8 _) o3 V( tThese 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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% R. u6 M, \' E4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
: s& w- T. p* `* x- q( ]The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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1 d3 B, q* |: j5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
He is gay.

7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
, B- S( W8 m. B4 l) z3 `8. Thanks! No thanks!
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