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. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
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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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& M7 d+ i4 F2 H: p2. 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.


/ l+ Q7 x7 E. h9 R2 d4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
/ T. a4 t( ]1 T9 S- R  R, fThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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5. I am a Chinese.
5 u3 |0 [& w: T1 R% r: y  kI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6 V* O+ w0 t4 f, J- l6. He is a gay.
He is gay.
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0 U  K0 U9 Y8 L# V4 I% v- L7 \7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
# a. F7 f! l% G+ S3 A8. Thanks! No thanks!