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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.
6 e, I. C/ L- A* E3 o) ^$ y5 @ My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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7 _7 u3 P/ U2 \& W' rThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.! S. Q* g9 W; J" G$ r8 \
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2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
. w F. z+ K5 k, W) n3. Please close your phone.% T0 q. ?1 Z- v, J+ t
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.) g1 O7 Y# U3 a7 t: z) p, A
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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
3 w( @8 j, W2 m7 ?5 PThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?3 n2 P$ E0 V9 m# X
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5. I am a Chinese.
- Y$ z# k4 D, p( MI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese. ; Q9 U+ `/ ^$ o# ~8 T+ L+ S7 N6 C
6. He is a gay.
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7. Why? No why. - ?3 N6 n8 J! l- \5 k- I
Not no why, no reason. " Z3 B4 g4 |* W- R* G) X
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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