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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1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
' c: E' U  d: e9 s7 F4 s. W    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.

8 O7 \, f$ ]  w' m& c0 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.

7 A+ l+ W( `" G5 i* s3 a2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
5 J' `; r8 m* `# q# A8 q2 L3. 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.


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?

5. I am a Chinese.
) ?: q1 ~" c, p& l; HI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
He is gay.

7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
+ ~' E8 }; N' X8 l1 h0 ^4 h: X8. Thanks! No thanks!

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