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.
+ ]# M3 ]. [( I9 T$ Q* ~% v    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.

; C3 t. }: E& U0 o$ W; gThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.

6 D+ s  \+ g: t, V) Q2 i& x; }  n  t2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
8 u2 w( g4 |3 C) m8 A3. 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.


4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
' A1 R8 d* u/ X$ M9 Q/ U; DThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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/ Q! }! V( v0 @- Q' ^1 _! {2 f5. I am a Chinese.
; i& A' }& N8 B1 u! ]I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
He is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
) @# d+ b) D0 i  I/ {( d' g3 rNot no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!

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