Minor but significant mistakes you may have made in speaking English

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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.
    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.

( z9 l& I* M5 R; 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.

/ p) N. |' j  g/ _4 b7 \  ]2. 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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! a: K5 D6 H; f+ K9 e3 b4 b4. 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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I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
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He is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!

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