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.
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9 y, M( I; Q" M4 y2 |8 \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.
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2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
! A- N( Z# `" ?. f8 @! t9 ^9 qThese 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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3 P$ p8 A, u8 S$ K  S! c: v4. 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?

! d* G8 u5 g5 L# M5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
( g, b# A; M+ M% f6. He is a gay.
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2 i: p3 ], ~! @% n0 Z, j5 y7. Why? No why.
# d, p9 i8 w% h4 qNot no why, no reason.
. k' y+ \- D7 z/ R8. Thanks! No thanks!
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