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.
    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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3 E, o! b6 v- y* AThe 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.
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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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" r* q1 M+ C: E8 a. M5 |2 E4. 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?

" M2 v5 B+ T$ r0 M$ }5. I am a Chinese.
& ]+ j% C" V6 Q/ |6 LI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
He is gay.

% ?4 H! u9 ?( h( L7 \+ W( c7. Why? No why.
) K, h% }2 P8 h" i, R: b0 [0 |- SNot no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!

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