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Minor but significant mistakes you may have made in speaking English

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发表于 2017-9-20 18:12 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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Some friends, especially those who are just learning English, often make the following mistakes.
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" C' s! f& f$ G* U, P- V4 \$ \1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.% l, I& D- W2 x5 h
    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.7 y  V" ?: O" a3 D& ?

# _5 m" C* `/ z- a. i& f: fThe 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; S! J4 ]" ~/ l+ |1 i

- {" E7 \  a. ^" d7 w" {1 G2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
9 U8 A& r% e' K" a$ p' j( ?1 ^! j3. Please close your phone.  e" `- t* K& |. t0 }% w* a  `0 Z
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.  E7 Q* H5 n$ j; b+ K. q

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8 ]/ v/ Y9 z, y$ j6 R4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
6 V9 W$ {# F- l1 VThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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# P. o& e  u. A# Q  k5. I am a Chinese.
1 ]" v6 b! f7 i3 k& ~I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
$ b' c9 m8 b" H' O" }( K6. He is a gay.
6 e8 Q0 D. d8 p/ `# gHe is gay.
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7. Why? No why. ; U) c9 F3 J3 b0 Z, N
Not no why, no reason.
4 e& f% _! f3 D7 A' ^5 |7 |% ~8. Thanks! No thanks!( U! Y5 `5 |# c# p0 T
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