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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/ X4 [. P; x9 Q- U  C7 h    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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; j! r7 d- Y" R6 S1 v( h7 K! L6 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.
4 o2 M" P! s& w$ t. v3. 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?
9 l5 J$ y$ y' c. D4 h1 Q; Z& nThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?

; ^8 q7 @$ j( M' s5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
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7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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