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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" a4 ]: A: u1 `+ c$ N  R1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
7 N" K6 Z( D+ u( H% A. V3 p- @    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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# b6 C4 V6 m& p! P4 C! @8 j; PThe 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.
. s/ l  J6 j6 o. _# n: g: ?0 @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.


  y) Z- Q* S3 \8 Q, [! j2 Y4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
6 y- X3 D; q9 y0 BThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?

6 J% i% R% i, O8 g: d5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
+ Y% u! r% V& T6. He is a gay.
He is gay.
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( m8 D; d2 W% F; \. [7. Why? No why.
: M1 \' v+ u. E7 i) ^Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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