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Minor but significant mistakes you may have made in speaking English

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发表于 2017-9-20 18:12 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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Some friends, especially those who are just learning English, often make the following mistakes.
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  _: l& Y4 {/ b" F1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.* I# ]1 z0 M* g/ C6 l
    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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$ V" ~! }2 `& @5 |8 LThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.
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2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
5 O2 V8 B/ M4 Q  s5 U0 X3. Please close your phone.' d8 L* u0 x7 m( F% T3 p* K
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.- O) z4 T% G6 l2 x+ [# J
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; `6 _: f) A* o& `" Q* q4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?7 e/ ?- ^, w* x+ T6 N
The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?" e9 V2 U9 U8 U" W

2 W7 o& F: ~: j% W- @5. I am a Chinese.
- G& m& l: z  @. q, \) iI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
$ C+ I" [4 `  i" B6. He is a gay.
) ?, z- @- J' p% H5 P0 R- e$ xHe is gay. ' M% l2 I" p/ [7 E
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7. Why? No why.
2 r1 q7 r$ ^  h- |$ `Not no why, no reason. ( J. x, U8 z' c+ S4 i4 o3 w; u0 G
8. Thanks! No thanks!# s3 ^' Q* k% U. `3 a% ?# t

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