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.
) ?/ C9 J/ e# p) ?3 f* {) A    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.

4 a! N) q1 T, G" m5 OThe 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.
& j$ W" I. s  @4 [) K8 E0 x6 `$ C3. 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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# ~& q% x- h2 A5 g2 u( ~  C) f2 `4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
6 M: N5 j( ~( @4 `1 Q, oThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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/ @9 b( V7 m/ k/ y5 `  |! N% ?5. I am a Chinese.
9 U" l' p# V/ q. FI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
' a! \5 R8 p, Q3 ~% y- Q6. He is a gay.
He is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
: w1 w  c1 |5 {; o6 w- c& ?. FNot no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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