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.

1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
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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.
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2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
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/ B, S5 U# O6 N7 yThese 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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) Q3 b' Z3 b( w" C8 _4. 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?
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I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
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6 w2 Z0 Y9 K! U7 yHe is gay.
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. X$ b+ f* B1 C# g% J7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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