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Minor but significant mistakes you may have made in speaking English

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发表于 2017-9-20 18:12 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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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.
) N' x% @, _( V- J" ~7 x& }    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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2 N0 m4 B0 J' 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.5 p+ u- c  V  f' H1 ~- J
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2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.0 j/ M; [: h/ P; |3 c% r0 J
3. Please close your phone.) A5 J9 x% t! q( I) j7 V
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.8 i+ @  F- l2 `0 M6 ^, t" J& _3 X3 |

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3 p- Q! Z, q8 q3 {5 f/ z  _/ u4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?; E+ d  o/ h2 T- @2 b) W( {
The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?0 X# {9 F( Q& y0 ]& m

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6 p- K; R% W! k, SI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese. ; b, b. e' }! T6 d4 z% _
6. He is a gay." o% ~+ @$ [6 G
He is gay.
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7. Why? No why. & ^; K0 y: a" O- |) Z1 t% Y# j! K
Not no why, no reason. 0 [/ q! ]" B* ~  Z
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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