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.
! {$ y) m- _9 f2 x* v    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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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.

: j6 e7 B0 B/ C& S  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.

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# {, R9 n+ A% `3 c* _4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
( Z2 I3 |2 _5 G+ i, z( r( [The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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  o" L! P2 M; `* C9 e, U5. I am a Chinese.
) D. h* w9 B! p3 k6 U- C  rI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
He is gay.

7. Why? No why.
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8. Thanks! No thanks!

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