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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1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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7 m. p7 f8 I9 j+ Y2 j4 o( e$ iThe 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.
2 e5 t+ Y: Y! o+ e3. 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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The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?

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I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
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7. Why? No why.
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8. Thanks! No thanks!
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