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.
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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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. a9 t: h, `! R; F! r! r2 V. m7 R2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
4 I) U$ v' h: V2 nThese 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?
* e4 [9 b" R% N" U5 Y0 sThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?

/ R6 \1 _" _9 g, G0 l5 x1 Q8 m9 K5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
/ z+ }0 ^# n% i0 t; A0 G6. He is a gay.
He is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!