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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 d/ U* x$ K; D2 ]1 G
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1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
: V4 `, z& z$ ^; M& o9 T6 M* B# S    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.& b8 V+ N+ _1 c+ j
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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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2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
& l' U6 d! e! c( h0 v9 G1 d3. Please close your phone.; @8 @' [3 {- g* g8 O# c
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.# K1 I% p: t. [* n
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% V7 ^1 T7 Y; D7 n$ a  _) p4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
: S0 Q: r: Q+ |: P/ v) _7 _The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?) u8 K1 ^7 [$ c0 l0 V' d  B

" g+ O6 V/ n! o8 b" x- A5. I am a Chinese.
7 t7 X( Q& l  m. l" PI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese. 1 g" k& J7 M7 n( ]$ @& n; \
6. He is a gay.0 c# B; L: w4 n! M; \" u6 A- K
He is gay.
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+ ^" g4 ^* O( s- N7. Why? No why.
! L) n0 x/ J% v$ S. UNot no why, no reason. $ u" p! `& T' ^" _  x- ?: D
8. Thanks! No thanks!( o' ^- N; J; p6 J) U
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