Minor but significant mistakes you may have made in speaking English

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Some friends, especially those who are just learning English, often make the following mistakes.

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3 |' o3 f1 I! Z: x0 v    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.

2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
! T- ^& o4 N" D+ G) pThese 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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5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
8 o% ~$ U1 P5 j% \' s' m+ J  eHe is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
1 v* L* R8 `  Q7 X+ ZNot no why, no reason.
! v. T* l1 ?) R, E9 ]8. Thanks! No thanks!
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