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.

$ g5 \/ Q1 G2 w! ]& t( c# E1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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  i9 u  ?- n, f* W3 pThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.

' y1 ?+ E; t% F* t8 d+ S4 E2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
9 |0 b$ r$ ~, \; t( |! wThese 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?
The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?

5. I am a Chinese.
: g; y! }( s8 q# J5 n, ^4 W2 y& c( }I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
5 {6 E: k3 `( r, F; k6. He is a gay.
He is gay.
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+ m" f' k6 f, Q$ L7. Why? No why.
- T5 `) U4 {/ e. _Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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