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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.1 Z; U( k( |: [. P8 Y6 ~* p- ]

7 V& d2 {' ?- k' f3 v1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
1 {$ |! z$ }. y% Z8 K    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.1 u1 N" u+ K/ J; ~+ K9 M2 r

0 f  ?) x$ w1 R! ~8 aThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.) D1 k8 E7 ~4 b, Y$ ?2 t
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2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
. \2 z- }" g7 @/ X3 w3. Please close your phone.2 r9 i) n/ Q4 {3 N3 ?6 _
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.* [# i, G5 ?$ a& C; G1 I( I8 F; G2 e6 _
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5 v$ _4 @( N+ X4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?2 i, ^; ^; H% T. _. f5 C: k
The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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( K% N; S3 x% D$ }# Z. L5. I am a Chinese.
) ?' o3 H) u& y0 @I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese. " P6 w% }0 i0 s" L  g. @  E
6. He is a gay.1 e8 g& [7 [  F
He is gay. / [) }, v* o6 h: O: h

# f. x5 S* {0 u# v7. Why? No why.
; m7 }# G2 }+ e, s* vNot no why, no reason.
  r- I4 R0 ~" H+ D( ?8. Thanks! No thanks!
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