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.
/ J5 c+ b0 P, w    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.
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2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
6 k* T! |. P5 x0 `4 d2 M3. Please close your phone.
/ k2 C4 f. @7 r) o1 F( W+ DThese 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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4. 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?

$ S/ I9 F7 R' \2 `4 @, A5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
He is gay.

( A9 q* t5 u1 }  p( Q' M$ ~# \7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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