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.
    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.

# i1 z2 Z9 N  |9 p, }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.
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% o/ R+ ]4 k/ N9 u2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
* G" I( H- O" J3 \2 S4 e( \3. Please close your phone.
. f( N" b1 q$ t) W: ~* aThese 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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The 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.
# A6 P  Z) s1 F" w7 ^- r# _. c6. He is a gay.
6 h; P! o: u) I  gHe is gay.

7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
+ A' @1 A+ r4 E8 x' w) J5 K8. Thanks! No thanks!

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