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Some friends, especially those who are just learning English, often make the following mistakes.1 A- f+ N1 D: B
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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.( v$ V" A# }9 b/ R+ m
! 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.6 ?- ?$ C; }+ v, h& L I, m8 o* P6 J
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2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
7 J# F! a1 P4 K9 i9 ]3. Please close your phone.7 I9 s5 C' u6 J" Z0 e7 a6 Z( m' R2 _# p
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.+ C6 ?4 Q( g4 p b1 P
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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?. q* O8 W. _9 J8 J) F0 R
The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?! A5 @9 Y- k+ h' k
" l8 r" ?& D$ r6 Y3 {5. I am a Chinese.$ F+ L6 o# y4 A2 b3 j; _, s
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese. " u" U8 l1 J r/ u$ o
6. He is a gay.
+ a; t3 |. e8 F) ~* J7 WHe is gay. 0 C: j# l- K7 g g
) U2 P9 s( k4 Y1 P$ N7. Why? No why. * }3 X7 Z1 _1 n
Not no why, no reason. ( m8 R- R* b/ E
8. Thanks! No thanks!5 w# j" L k4 q9 t2 T$ s4 P X
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