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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.
1 ?; l4 W1 U/ B 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.
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; V) F8 R+ b- J1 K+ v4 `% R2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.3 a1 d( I! m p$ P- X
3. Please close your phone.* ^1 G( o& t+ `1 c: H3 J; g" G
These 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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$ b# y: I! V4 ~# Y8 {4 N4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
9 M4 R0 Q. _6 k" {. P/ OThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?! d5 l, X3 m, p% }/ e
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5. I am a Chinese.9 E6 c! J4 \( l7 D6 j/ b" h- M
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese. Z }6 @' i; x9 ]7 v
6. He is a gay., W% x o2 n: I
He is gay.
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7. Why? No why. ! \9 c1 I! x( W S
Not no why, no reason. , ~: a2 _1 e9 V' Q& `5 H1 `
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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