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.
4 H" \, L4 M" m5 E: U; m; x4 p2 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.
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/ l0 }- ~0 @( E2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
! ]! K$ R& M' G( @5 J, t3. 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?

9 P9 V8 ^$ n3 `/ e6 B- H1 _5. I am a Chinese.
6 I5 E+ V; I( q6 t4 V/ f: fI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
, E9 L( `: e1 U6 U/ o5 o6. He is a gay.
9 X6 P* f) |- `8 A8 B1 {He is gay.

7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
/ D: p7 H* Z+ y) d# {5 y% |8. Thanks! No thanks!
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