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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: q+ E: o! I( N* A1 V+ C0 B+ S6 r6 I1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
9 b& @- s# _0 y* z" A: E1 B* ?    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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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.
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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?

* h6 D2 M$ E/ ~5 q( l5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
* S2 }9 ~6 O) a, ~# f! @6. He is a gay.
He is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
- v& G. o2 W4 r# ^7 U7 s8. Thanks! No thanks!