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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) ~" A5 B) J0 [! ~8 S1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
" b# M. u$ J5 Y0 Z. R    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.

; A$ p# J% w: [5 \/ Q, j  mThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.

2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. 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?
( f2 U& F. ]: W$ q: H- }* C9 |( nThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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. d* E7 C5 F/ j, }. t; a1 G  A5. I am a Chinese.
% f6 Q/ q* O/ m: Q" D/ x+ ^I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
He is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
; {, C  O$ a" R% z1 m8 iNot no why, no reason.
5 H' v4 [$ Y+ q% @8. Thanks! No thanks!