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.
$ x& T) f* y  S" f+ v    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.

2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
  F% I0 }5 i+ [# o" W% Y3. 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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( y6 v/ U3 G# v9 ?3 K4 I4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
1 p; j* }* ~( L1 X; b8 s8 uThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
& U6 @3 j' A, O9 N8 u6. He is a gay.
5 m6 G: g8 u0 M2 lHe is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
9 \" A2 a4 Z. K" X/ w4 _8. Thanks! No thanks!