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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# R+ d  G3 W$ X2 s: W$ N1. 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.

6 a. n( k6 P, l# ^. ~$ jThe 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.
" |' r) a$ t# R5 v. {3. Please close your phone.
% e- \& [0 p1 G7 ~$ FThese 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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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
1 @7 c0 v6 b1 [. z2 G' C! fThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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' F, d9 A) q5 c7 {' U5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
' L7 m$ K, N; V% S* b3 ?He is gay.

* f" \1 x% c: G. c! ^# q. @7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
! M7 K* y1 A/ N+ m" Z: m8. Thanks! No thanks!
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