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.
" Y7 |" ?0 M8 w' ^+ e    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.

. c# x  `3 }% d0 B- r, ~9 o2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
0 ?' J* f' F1 t9 y' U6 F' Y' {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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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
3 ~# o0 C: u. U: `The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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  Z1 e& L  X6 Q6 Z$ w2 w5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
+ e8 ]5 S4 i7 ?6. He is a gay.
/ J+ f2 B6 m, B5 A( OHe is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
+ M8 t5 l# W) A% I' uNot no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!