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.
& z/ f  v6 H4 ^1 O+ S) B9 J8 R8 \    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.

) S6 X4 o. \8 f2 N: _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.

/ ^" q8 G) t  d  Q2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. 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.
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- V* `5 B* c0 w. r4. 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?

5. I am a Chinese.
( g+ r; C, M1 K* cI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
He is gay.
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( C( v8 j' p3 b( }9 x/ n7. Why? No why.
. I0 Z3 z* L4 g2 p- MNot no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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