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.
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1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
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3 ?. s  c, b0 QThe 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.
+ y% W" D- M, r3. 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?
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5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
8 X- e! y. `5 e, N$ EHe is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
' I( G# g* J8 s: M0 k  @  TNot no why, no reason.
/ A( J3 S+ v) l+ O+ Q# _8. Thanks! No thanks!
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