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Minor but significant mistakes you may have made in speaking English

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Some friends, especially those who are just learning English, often make the following mistakes.: u/ ]  f% r- [. |4 H! `! d; d

6 E, Q9 e  [, @( j) b+ V4 `1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
' m$ y: Z% l0 y1 n8 F' q& u    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.9 v+ P4 h% E/ d" \! Z1 t& a8 @

6 i/ e& S, X1 l) 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.& x! _* G5 d. ~. v/ B- Q! M0 g

  x0 m7 p1 u# k& j. N0 u2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.7 ^3 K* d4 j& h, M5 i, y+ u8 \
3. Please close your phone.1 H. M! L/ q6 f. S) R
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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. h; J3 k: y, E/ [8 T3 b' I+ o/ G4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
- J: u8 {; l5 e0 {- M  YThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?+ L5 Y6 N+ b3 ]2 Z4 b
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5. I am a Chinese.- o5 F4 K/ D4 I5 _6 ^; B; j: d* D
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese. * L; n1 ~$ N% o* N; {* m
6. He is a gay.+ v) `7 R2 r% c3 p0 {9 U
He is gay. * K% C1 K9 E- z5 {

  ?6 [6 L7 N  {. ^7 F6 n7. Why? No why.
0 H. S+ a/ J! s+ Y* vNot no why, no reason. 5 q+ L' u3 i/ t- a! b& H2 ?3 K
8. Thanks! No thanks!- f6 _1 ^. E  ^0 V

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