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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2 k% `1 C" V1 P( i1 `1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
: S$ H% Q) J( G# A    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.

7 |. ^0 p( h/ y# \2 n2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
5 L% a+ l; @, K1 {6 |3 C3. Please close your phone.
( }. @: F! |+ c6 m# h0 kThese 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?
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5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
# U- s( p9 z8 b/ q' bHe is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!