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Some friends, especially those who are just learning English, often make the following mistakes." `, Y" y# f/ S/ m5 {2 d
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1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year./ x1 R5 g- ]. U. }3 B, k, b8 B6 X: Q
My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.' D5 N$ l+ d: p- l3 f! E6 v" m
7 U5 O0 H1 `+ s( fThe 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.; Y- v- v5 _, P7 [9 G
3. Please close your phone.
% j( g/ y# }, v! [& e9 UThese 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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' l% P6 N( ?) O/ l j, ]- Y5 [4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
1 H( c0 O. B: @4 sThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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5. I am a Chinese.
" q$ ~, W' C- QI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese. 5 Q* _; C0 H, t& R9 k B
6. He is a gay.8 L5 ~- M- j+ }- J$ ~
He is gay. 9 O0 }1 R9 E! f& k& E
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7. Why? No why. ( |! F- W# O/ Y0 N( a* r2 M
Not no why, no reason. + ^# Y7 H0 x, F% v1 `) Z
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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