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.

  q, e2 h$ ]. B, p5 L( b1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
& m7 V( j9 ?* z. i0 K  ~    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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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 r7 P) G# ^, z$ J8 B9 p2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3 d, g+ j" F7 i4 p6 x- ]1 j! q1 ?: P3. Please close your phone.
- e% p. }  w: U7 QThese 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?
5 N% J; |1 s. b& j# C# B3 }5 pThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?

5. I am a Chinese.
6 D2 i7 ^' Q- J0 ]( \# LI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
* g/ r# r/ N) a5 c& f3 R6. He is a gay.
He is gay.

/ v/ q3 F$ n% O+ G7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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