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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.
' c: E' U d: e9 s7 F4 s. W My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.4 ?) ^; x. z; n2 P; \4 X' j
8 O7 \, f$ ] w' m& c0 fThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.0 T! F; O8 k! e5 Y
7 A+ l+ W( `" G5 i* s3 a2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
5 J' `; r8 m* `# q# A8 q2 L3. Please close your phone.3 l2 L1 y% j& e( }# b; y
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.1 O. J, {; r, g: p. K
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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?. ]7 S* Z: y$ r) a- Y/ K3 `
The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?8 Z1 P# y9 R. B# M" a4 ~* o
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5. I am a Chinese.
) ?: q1 ~" c, p& l; HI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese. 1 w/ V8 S8 L Y4 ^ q' b
6. He is a gay.! L+ S' v8 y# H3 C5 b
He is gay. ! w+ K& v: h1 R( o$ G) J$ U) b
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7. Why? No why. ' n6 Y/ @& {6 ^$ U5 g) L! T8 X; F9 k
Not no why, no reason.
+ ~' E8 }; N' X8 l1 h0 ^4 h: X8. Thanks! No thanks!; m1 k4 ~' G( I
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