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.

8 G3 b' }$ F( Q  _& ]3 ]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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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.

2 X) ^& T, Y2 I6 n2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
  @/ ?9 `, O% W, {+ j. aThese 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.


, v2 d# o% r: [: Z4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?

, X$ T. T  v) n& C+ `! c* \5. I am a Chinese.
9 h6 D" D1 Q. YI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
; M( w+ P$ O% Q) A3 THe is gay.

7. Why? No why.
) |6 p" r2 W- x' ZNot no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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