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 ?- M0 v; F1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
1 w- O; M& `+ o% O# M    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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The reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.

, }( x# i3 [& w1 }( P' O2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
* b- S6 Z& x( z) r: ~$ ~, }' Z$ _3. Please close your phone.
+ s8 ]# v6 K  w. p6 e+ _! k& E5 G1 BThese 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.


6 q6 k& \/ J& l4. 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.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
9 X6 s  Z; i7 q' [) v/ U5 {0 UHe is gay.
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  n7 `. U3 `  h# ~" d( v7. Why? No why.
) N) |2 P3 i1 l. F1 WNot no why, no reason.
$ k& F; L2 h5 l7 I/ i  _. X$ N8. Thanks! No thanks!
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