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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  G- x+ n7 J4 D  x! z% s1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
+ c, j' R! P# y6 e0 f! U9 I    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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4 w0 D0 N% y$ J; g1 \2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
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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: E4 P4 P' C, `( d4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
3 J/ Q4 B% c6 ~) h0 b3 PThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?

" S4 ?0 m+ J( G# w5. I am a Chinese.
( A9 ~3 F2 w+ pI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
He is gay.
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- _7 ~% i8 D" o) ]* A. I( d7. Why? No why.
  E: R- }6 V/ v- W0 r- [  A  c4 NNot no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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