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.

. x9 y" z; ?6 w: g: ^$ @3 v/ e& Y1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
, e7 Q$ V2 a$ ]  r0 |6 z8 Q    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.

: M, Z: a+ K: A; KThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.

% N) w& L6 Y  x3 P5 a2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
; q; B; a. J/ M- Z$ O4 AThese 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?
The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?

* O+ n7 E% [* V' E5. I am a Chinese.
& f8 s" B2 p; `2 q5 s; z$ DI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
1 Q" H+ d0 D0 E2 w. B6. He is a gay.
He is gay.
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: V% ]# L3 ^" w9 S5 k) k7. Why? No why.
: O1 l" f2 m0 V4 i& b5 K9 g+ z& ^Not no why, no reason.
7 W1 ]' L5 C  Z( ^; x& F, B8. Thanks! No thanks!

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