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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6 E! _! q, C; E" U1 N8 D1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
1 v5 c/ N! ~4 X    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.

& [9 H0 j5 q0 z/ mThe 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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; X8 Z9 ~# n/ M; ]/ I/ E8 K) s  d2. 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?
# T$ C# m) @$ mThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?

5. I am a Chinese.
: X$ \4 w* s" H/ A3 uI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
$ q' Y4 o' W, oHe is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
' C  [. o4 D+ L8. Thanks! No thanks!
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