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.
. m0 ?, |4 u" P    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.

9 W1 Z/ \, n4 h4 r7 jThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.

) b4 _( G8 w+ P2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
$ I4 ]. _* _3 \1 B' P8 k  Q: u3. Please close your phone.
$ [% N3 R+ W* d  ^. P5 R/ FThese 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?

  N) E; A- A# W8 `5. I am a Chinese.
' c0 C9 d' f! l8 a3 F$ NI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
$ s8 L4 N5 }4 x- t6. He is a gay.
He is gay.
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: o0 h  }  E& L/ N0 O3 l) C7. Why? No why.
6 M# ~& x/ g) B  V- F* b$ }Not no why, no reason.
4 y$ q7 r$ ^8 _( [8. Thanks! No thanks!

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