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Minor but significant mistakes you may have made in speaking English

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发表于 2017-9-20 18:12 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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Some friends, especially those who are just learning English, often make the following mistakes.
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/ i  E  e; J' R) [. s& j1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
+ B& i9 J) I, L$ u3 Q% v4 l    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.3 r5 d5 B- r! d; v

# P# {5 G$ x: \" tThe 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.
/ l% \; h3 T, r0 _- h8 y8 [9 z% v3. Please close your phone.
3 |- k" b1 w- \/ Y$ q, nThese 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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$ x9 F4 ~9 r/ `$ h! I2 Q4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
# i4 L3 J; f# V' l$ V& aThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?. ^) V5 |. `6 M: X

* L! y. \* m/ G: W5. I am a Chinese.
3 J, ~( s& U$ w) t* }I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.   a# P- t! _! G! l9 c4 D
6. He is a gay.2 n4 S% N& m2 {- N* h
He is gay. : y: W8 O8 m2 [$ P0 U. M2 @
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7. Why? No why. $ _( w( x* |* p! Q4 H
Not no why, no reason. 1 ]$ e7 T- L0 N3 J* X
8. Thanks! No thanks!5 _$ N8 b: ?) v

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