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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6 Y- r% C3 C8 d! W. ^1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
0 m! R" L( z) }0 v& r- B; X, o. j1 a    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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/ j9 S- {9 |- J1 K1 O, {2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
( `3 w1 L' W3 _9 X3. Please close your phone.
; \8 d- ^$ F: i+ z; W: n. Y& wThese 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?
The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?

+ X/ I+ ]% B- Z8 d5. I am a Chinese.
' Q. }: l( \2 WI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
! P6 c( U; y. z$ f% C9 J! r6. He is a gay.
( ^, J9 M- A: w6 A7 zHe is gay.

8 M& w+ c! I4 B" j7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!