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Minor but significant mistakes you may have made in speaking English

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发表于 2017-9-20 18:12 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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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.
! b' m* k$ ^. I2 _; 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.6 r7 y; J8 ?. b# z2 K* _+ O

/ e$ m1 j( R; a3 O7 `6 y/ }2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.0 q+ C* L4 |" q
3. Please close your phone.
- D  ?  C% S" U, fThese 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?% p7 V- h$ c3 i  Q; W% |# b; [
The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?( d6 n1 ^' i8 j9 k
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5. I am a Chinese., q9 h# {. W, }* O- ]  m6 j
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese. 3 C5 D6 _0 m1 A4 c
6. He is a gay.( l( I* M  c+ t! R. N
He is gay. ! K4 l5 m) q9 k2 n$ A
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7. Why? No why. " M8 H6 V$ ^3 `2 q& n
Not no why, no reason.
& j9 w2 K, o/ }5 ]; H: `' o; L4 E8. Thanks! No thanks!8 C' x+ ?6 R9 X8 v1 m

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