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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.- L" I3 l3 g' [$ q6 ^) X- S% G
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1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
! X+ N$ g4 s. |. d2 L: F" @    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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: K" k8 ~4 v; y5 c5 v* ^6 gThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.# x3 ~; Y8 Y  h
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2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.0 m/ Q. l! p- u9 p
3. Please close your phone.
) B5 F/ y5 ]4 c8 i3 z. q" eThese 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.& A  M) C% {. m0 K- ?, N8 ^

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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
2 d  p8 q5 u: tThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?4 R2 n  @! \- f# u) {
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5. I am a Chinese.* o: O3 n1 {* U
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese. % l2 M# }7 c# u( ^$ v0 U! Z
6. He is a gay.
' c8 m1 H1 R2 O5 AHe is gay.
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7. Why? No why. 3 x3 M2 c5 G0 V0 |
Not no why, no reason.
" ^; H( t+ u) v8 O/ `; j+ h8. Thanks! No thanks!
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