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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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! c; c7 m  w' n0 Y1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
& R6 w1 s# L7 J8 _, E2 y$ F    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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The reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.. H# [$ T9 b# B& }5 ~% b
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2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.) h8 O) }& I8 A4 d
3. Please close your phone.; d5 ]  i% R  H
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.5 W6 g; b4 t$ [4 c) r
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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?8 J9 n; ~" A5 f. W$ k  x$ J8 n
The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?8 @( S- G6 H2 q: A
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5. I am a Chinese.. S$ T" M8 I1 h0 ~9 O% a0 K/ P
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese. % E# F' [5 Q/ o, o6 L
6. He is a gay.0 d# M/ K3 _9 I* M$ x& r
He is gay. 5 L* D  n3 @; R1 p

6 L+ ]1 `( I9 v* f% f# i% y4 a) x7. Why? No why.
4 R. u9 u+ M+ g" oNot no why, no reason. 6 \0 b, G6 |) j& Q' M
8. Thanks! No thanks!% V' u/ Z1 \. {+ h, N
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