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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: P; j: `1 G. w1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
( @& n0 A& v/ [* M    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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. O: n2 \; I# |- Y8 O' }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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. _) e' l* e$ l0 a7 j, v2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
! g/ f3 l7 c  j8 v" gThese 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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- c' u0 y2 {: g9 Q1 l4. 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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I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
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  y6 g8 j! F; y& K2 J! qHe is gay.

& I3 D5 l: w+ X8 h( a7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
. k9 P* t. [( b8. Thanks! No thanks!
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