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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- h5 B& F3 N7 R( s1 Q1. 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.

+ O5 c$ P* K- n$ i$ hThe 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.
# f& j: Z. c7 H! y3. 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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6 w5 e$ @) j) ~4. 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?
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5. I am a Chinese.
1 v5 D8 g7 J  ^0 [  p9 n: _! \I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
( m7 B9 p' V3 B3 x) }6 R, |He is gay.

7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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