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.

9 M( O4 C0 \2 O0 F" E8 X' {# `: x9 e1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
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) W- o' ^! f/ i/ TThe 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.
3. Please close your phone.
* u: C3 M. M) W% ^; u) e' B$ uThese 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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$ @- W1 C; P+ M4 `$ ^2 G# X% q% c2 K4. 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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1 F4 @# f; l* b0 }) O1 H. \0 G! `5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
He is gay.

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

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