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.

1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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/ u0 F! o: c5 e9 z% s+ V. SThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.

. M2 C0 X5 Z9 q- F  z8 j- k2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
( |9 L/ v& B, W3. Please close your phone.
! w, O7 [2 s3 g4 j5 r/ jThese 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.


0 w' N5 p1 o  |' i& A4. 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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6 Z5 u& _- V% z, Y5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
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7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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