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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1. 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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9 O) K$ r3 B; ?) T- R9 a9 j8 j' `2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
7 l) C" P/ y! d; J7 C" S2 Y) uThese 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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' ?1 J- t  H% W/ _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?
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: F! E+ P5 F4 {& E: b( C- h1 |5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
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$ }1 d! G! J4 i6 R% FHe is gay.

  m- n* M/ |$ S0 s& ]0 h7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
+ [/ K0 q: b( g* k1 ^1 o8. Thanks! No thanks!
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