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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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. N( x7 D3 q2 L0 S8 H8 H& ~1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.: L$ A7 h& S+ Z# d! O0 k3 b0 r* u: x2 L
    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.- l4 A* D7 K! W# r2 j. y

3 b5 b' J% P; X6 P5 X. kThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.0 x' _8 X: P) {- B

4 f, a9 I8 {# }( }& b+ r# @! W2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.! }' l% g5 v$ y
3. Please close your phone.
( v. \( k, U7 w, D/ h, T2 E0 O5 t& MThese 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?7 {' k  l) [' a& d% L: g
The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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1 P/ `# d+ J- F8 v' v2 }5. I am a Chinese./ g, P5 Q/ u9 @$ u% `
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese. ( R$ t7 }$ Y" e, q- e$ w; h& C
6. He is a gay.
& Q' ]9 X6 `! t( w/ aHe is gay.
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7. Why? No why. ! C0 _/ m; K* b- O
Not no why, no reason. . K: H) U- f; L3 S
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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