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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! n. d& s8 ~6 I& ?    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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2. 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.


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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0 ~3 P* n# S* I2 i* m( Y5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
# g4 v2 H/ W* K4 E6. He is a gay.
He is gay.
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. X+ i; B6 P4 F: r5 V7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!

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