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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1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
0 Y# R$ H0 _7 ?9 i' f: g* W$ W    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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$ J' i/ [' }) @& ~8 ZThe 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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, J! l- G  {0 z# O+ L. u5 v4 c8 m2. 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.


4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
# a: M3 D2 I1 C$ f) d5 A- lThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
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# _" E7 R1 D4 OHe is gay.
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/ h9 }% J1 b& |& R. X. ~1 M" K7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!