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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$ z& [, E+ E4 s% f% I1. 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.

+ d. V3 e/ c% o* K: ]+ i. tThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.

; l* U% H# U- m& m" H  z" @2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
. c( c  R; {( M+ _6 I" {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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8 v% u% b% B- }% W8 t4. 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?

7 E* `8 p% F7 H* a1 U7 _5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
; S0 A: F5 c7 y# b. {6. He is a gay.
He is gay.

+ p  B% s- H( {: t7 H: |7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!

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