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Minor but significant mistakes you may have made in speaking English

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发表于 2017-9-20 18:12 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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Some friends, especially those who are just learning English, often make the following mistakes.  p6 G, o5 `8 R8 f4 A
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1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.$ g6 S9 f3 }7 L  `2 L$ N
    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.! a) Z4 L( {) |/ e9 L( Q( g) t! x2 K. k
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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." }' `  h9 E' ~6 Y% s% ~9 j

4 E* e/ l& E/ {6 J2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.8 d- M$ B4 p/ j; n/ Y
3. Please close your phone.
0 b) t( P$ S) P, W* Z" w! `* F" KThese 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.8 R: E2 |2 N/ P5 U1 M! P
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! ~. l3 R' S& v" h! M' }$ ~  X4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?$ d9 H! j! d. ~; ?! e) |- r
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.. n/ k  V  S) g4 S1 y, x& ]9 g
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
5 G* V; E" j% s) I9 v$ z" \9 f6. He is a gay.
) \% p$ x4 R) e2 \8 d" ]7 qHe is gay.
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7. Why? No why. 6 i6 U( L, Z0 m! n9 J
Not no why, no reason.
* }1 D9 \: f- V; w: d2 `0 J8. Thanks! No thanks!" {6 f* D& R; i+ Z" E& `8 u
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