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.
0 g( R+ S1 J) M% Z2 N6 O    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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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.

5 \* c% P" V4 t5 [. H2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
9 Q8 L6 V* H' x$ Z, m% T8 ]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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: @/ T5 P& L. l8 Y% N' H$ 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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: b  L0 a: r" L- [- ^9 \  d) _* \8 h5. I am a Chinese.
3 R8 g" z3 r* [' s9 [I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
2 M  b6 S1 g) e$ w3 g; NHe is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
! a$ l# b, I$ p/ k6 O' ENot no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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