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Some friends, especially those who are just learning English, often make the following mistakes.
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9 T8 _+ v! c J& r$ g1 m; ^& n' {8 p1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.& S8 q& i' L6 x' F' {1 x5 J* q1 B7 t
My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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5 z. ^/ r5 ~& s lThe 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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7 \ g1 C4 L( T" P, n4 F/ B2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain./ P: }4 R, a/ p- E/ d4 z4 T
3. Please close your phone.
" D+ Z7 D5 B t% ZThese 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.8 P/ J; r! ]/ r% V' x s
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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
0 k7 Q& s2 R% {3 V3 N8 T+ kThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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5. I am a Chinese.) a- ~2 ^# Q/ _1 M+ u4 q
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese. 0 i" C4 Z: [8 z0 ?" {" y
6. He is a gay.
! X4 a2 N1 S! g8 j; ?' S% sHe is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
B0 j! {1 n" ^6 G4 `# Q$ y5 Y1 b( fNot no why, no reason.
! s2 T/ f7 z: z6 L4 p! x8. Thanks! No thanks!
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