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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.
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1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
$ \  s8 e% O1 O  K    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.; w$ ]2 C( c; o! Z) N

% s0 ~, W' i7 CThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.6 f0 l5 _& k. |  w" g, N
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2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.& B" g( z3 I* R0 n: a
3. Please close your phone.: D9 f7 H! I4 x
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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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?2 j0 a! n5 b: ^1 K' Y
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.8 ~( Y6 |5 i* e$ ~) k7 k
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese. , z5 ?) `. r$ X
6. He is a gay." W6 k6 ?" ]: C5 T- S
He is gay. * t  T5 R( g6 l: n' D9 C% t

" h. h8 o* \  _" U& A/ ?9 i9 R7. Why? No why. : \* N: q' j4 {8 L& \1 |. p* i+ B
Not no why, no reason. ( i$ ?- \. @: p3 B( t/ `, r: y
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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