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.

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.

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.

2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
. \2 z- }" g7 @/ X3 w3. Please close your phone.
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.


5 v$ _4 @( N+ X4. 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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( K% N; S3 x% D$ }# Z. L5. I am a Chinese.
) ?' o3 H) u& y0 @I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
He is gay.

# 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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