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.

1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
) P) t7 F+ b0 o2 J    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.
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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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( n: B4 ?* P1 Y# i3 o" }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?

8 {0 J: o7 @# i4 C; b: }. U9 \5. I am a Chinese.
8 v: p4 i- Y  CI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
9 p5 a) ^; {7 K0 \- I3 Q$ P7 B6. He is a gay.
He is gay.

# k+ l0 I, _: A' f7. Why? No why.
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" m% z- T% h% h% z8. Thanks! No thanks!
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