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.

# M9 ?, S7 [6 f! l1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
    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.
3. Please close your phone.
' X5 V3 U& B1 P0 mThese 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.


  Z/ ]6 q# X5 f0 ^4 x& s4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
5 Q% ~+ e: m) ^8 y' T( q' TThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?

& X; v0 \& [$ ~' x, C. i7 J4 Y5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
He is gay.

7. Why? No why.
5 w7 d7 v6 [/ w! R8 O# ?- uNot no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!