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.

4 H1 q( @9 E9 v+ }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.
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- `1 t: V  k2 ZThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.

* H  T) d+ h4 i, ?4 V& T0 D0 Y7 S2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
) u% g" A5 k* W& K3 u! M5 ]3. Please close your phone.
" }# t( y8 u# X5 g  m" Y; zThese 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?
5 c8 u; L8 }5 V5 @The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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, k5 U1 F, u- U# n' i2 y9 q5. I am a Chinese.
1 F. U) m" L1 d" q6 YI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
He is gay.

7. Why? No why.
) @' x4 r" T) r8 E! h+ _) sNot no why, no reason.
0 {7 X) k  T" `% k% h) f; q8. Thanks! No thanks!

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