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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    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.
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- Z% b* G' w  D4 g) E6 V) K2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. 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.
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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
7 T. J# u+ p. pThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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- f% R5 Z: {3 `% t( S6 H5. I am a Chinese.
6 ~  A4 B+ }7 R5 ?I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
8 B& w$ E1 _/ S% u$ t4 H) hHe is gay.
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: K; ]+ {  S% o5 \& x! t+ C1 f# s: g( Y/ r7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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