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Some friends, especially those who are just learning English, often make the following mistakes.
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- I$ x; A9 n7 M2 U! `1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
' ^5 O8 {* K$ c5 }) e& r) d8 U My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.- U6 i. Z( Q$ x/ }
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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.( R) P$ W q, T% d" o
$ I# j, B! R/ l) R7 g) D2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
7 I* g0 e, j2 L8 f$ C) D3 I3. Please close your phone.2 B& ~6 Z, g% }4 g7 ~( u: T3 o# f
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?
; K! [; M3 q* wThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?! Q4 W0 I9 h' l, Y1 R
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5. I am a Chinese.
9 h# E+ k; o' q! P- hI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese. $ f! \1 S* S; E# Z U
6. He is a gay.
0 ]6 [, c: \( \/ s" B9 R3 jHe is gay. / ?$ L0 k# d5 H1 k& b6 X
J0 K1 R! C) y& P4 `7. Why? No why. 8 _ h: e$ A4 q& _
Not no why, no reason.
' s; G* Y: q7 d) ^, x4 Q% T; T) Z8. Thanks! No thanks!/ d/ Y3 z* N) ^2 x$ r
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