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.
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1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.

+ H5 z* Y' S. G% V8 lThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.

" c! h, m' A2 o+ p- U4 P3 u. B$ O0 J2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
+ g6 X) @& h* H* B3. 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.


4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
7 T, H, _1 \4 M; cThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?

5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
He is gay.

: J/ g1 E* X2 k; f7 L' T+ z7. Why? No why.
. J5 E8 w6 N; E) i. a5 xNot no why, no reason.
* n; o. o; r/ t' }2 t4 V+ k8. Thanks! No thanks!
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