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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/ V7 @7 H/ _0 `  ~1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
9 ]. o! |9 H0 t5 N$ O7 B! [2 F, _    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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4 [. r/ X1 H9 T( w' c# bThe 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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( J. Z5 h( e% F8 J2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
( z$ A9 v# f# l! j" [0 a9 Z" OThese 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?
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5. I am a Chinese.
+ p5 z. [' z9 n. b, j/ pI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
0 O  s2 f4 [/ r* z# v/ O6. He is a gay.
He is gay.

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Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!

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