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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6 [9 M; B- h8 u' r1. 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.
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' k/ J" p" F5 ?+ E7 Y2 rThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.

1 @9 p/ ?6 x, }" F* \  {2. 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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6 M- T# B. g4 h6 I& n; h4. 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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0 z5 r. S7 E( `- f) [! {5. I am a Chinese.
2 B5 g; _5 ?" K$ [8 II am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
# O4 h: V% H6 M; _He is gay.

7. Why? No why.
, B, z, L6 y5 |% ZNot no why, no reason.
( W/ ^: ?% K0 [8. Thanks! No thanks!