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.

5 V1 q, ^! T9 X7 p  q. t6 v- e6 G1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
" ?2 y3 [* ^! Z: r    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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+ |* Z2 c5 P- K( m# L8 O" ZThe 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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/ s# w- n: j# i) c* A2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
9 ]7 A: k$ ~2 S* N3. 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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0 }. K4 s! X& J4. 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?

5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
: @/ [$ `4 \; i- }. m8 Y6. He is a gay.
He is gay.

6 a8 R. t+ T" _# r' w# \, {) n7. Why? No why.
: S5 N) Q& C( J& a1 d6 i+ C) q% ^Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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