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$ [; {9 T7 ~& d& O1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
/ B9 t6 O  M! ~3 ~) j( ?! H    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.

, z) ?0 H; C3 p) q3 [/ Y2. 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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/ j3 w& \0 a9 i4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
9 G+ {! k. t" h6 n* WThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?

: B7 \# r7 i( D5 M5 ]2 n5. I am a Chinese.
8 O7 s9 _; k# }I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
; ?4 W5 f. c# c/ H( g  _& J6. He is a gay.
He is gay.

" ~  [2 o  W1 C/ u8 k7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!