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| Some friends, especially those who are just learning English, often make the following mistakes. ' ]" T1 H3 M- A5 G  l6 l, d2 `# i7 b+ B& l
 1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.% h7 C" z6 l; m4 m7 J8 Y4 i2 W
 My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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 ' |4 \$ M7 q" j0 w: KThe 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 f# m" C7 ], {- j( d2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.3 [. R7 V6 J; R4 O
 3. Please close your phone.
 ! k3 w) Z7 y1 e3 s1 f; ]% ?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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 4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?. L  b. _, c. D
 The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?' V) j/ W. X- G3 |) ~5 X
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 5. I am a Chinese.
 2 c9 d% m' {/ E4 uI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
 ; f" {% O* f/ y/ r6. He is a gay.0 P  l, c; F3 f2 e, j
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 7. Why? No why. ; j  v8 `, f4 m6 u2 L# M$ Z
 Not no why, no reason.
 * r5 H& c1 }4 ?( J2 I2 t, b8. Thanks! No thanks!
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