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Minor but significant mistakes you may have made in speaking English

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发表于 2017-9-20 18:12 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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Some friends, especially those who are just learning English, often make the following mistakes.3 W" Z2 g4 K# K: {( M9 [5 R

% Q6 S* {, g) {1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
3 |' o3 f1 I! Z: x0 v    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.9 s5 H* t+ t. h* r7 e- I
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2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.0 }  i4 o8 F% X& k3 e
3. Please close your phone.
! T- ^& o4 N" D+ G) pThese 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.# }+ N6 B/ i- F0 `. m, M* y3 K
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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?" C6 {4 L, p! h
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.: p& r+ e7 ~$ [$ V6 k
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.   j" m2 q3 ?/ y( X
6. He is a gay.
8 o% ~$ U1 P5 j% \' s' m+ J  eHe is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
1 v* L* R8 `  Q7 X+ ZNot no why, no reason.
! v. T* l1 ?) R, E9 ]8. Thanks! No thanks!
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