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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: a, z  s: X, T7 _9 O) i$ K1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
6 m- }" e/ n4 O! _    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.

2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
* k2 O# B, d2 q9 s: U8 X; XThese 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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7 H/ P% g# g! u0 P! f1 f/ ]  `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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. k; G3 t/ o  J7 q8 k0 k$ y5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
* _, M- P) ?  m; AHe is gay.

7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!

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