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.

1 f; ]- h9 K& O$ S6 u, t- _1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.

( u/ x* `$ U) k' KThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.

2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
# p: r8 X$ {5 R  X) bThese 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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3 ~* @+ l9 b. o0 Y4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
- y) n4 j( g" m; b0 N2 tThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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5. I am a Chinese.
1 [1 m" a3 Q9 O" s2 l; mI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
2 k7 d/ Q8 O' [$ W# @; j6. He is a gay.
He is gay.

7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
! Z6 t1 i: S9 h+ w% g$ A8. Thanks! No thanks!