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Minor but significant mistakes you may have made in speaking English

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发表于 2017-9-20 18:12 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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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.% 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.
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He is gay. , g0 Y) g( i( B* w7 r
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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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