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.

1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
" ^$ |  r/ P. }1 K$ u5 j    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.

3 S5 t% J) @. W  B; rThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.

2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
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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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?

$ k& d3 ~: |" Y! l% q, k$ B/ N$ Z5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
8 a% o4 ?3 o  E! k/ D6. He is a gay.
He is gay.
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% a9 m/ F$ i" O9 k! S6 P8 q5 t7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!

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