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.
( A) Q: n% N3 I4 F% A& w    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.

! a2 s8 r! r( v) r! s( |5 RThe 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.
7 J# F! a1 P4 K9 i9 ]3. 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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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?

" l8 r" ?& D$ r6 Y3 {5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
+ a; t3 |. e8 F) ~* J7 WHe is gay.

) U2 P9 s( k4 Y1 P$ N7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!