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Some friends, especially those who are just learning English, often make the following mistakes.% z) v7 v% C4 _- r3 y
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1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.' y+ t" L6 }1 ]1 Y* T" X5 L
My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.5 ]1 c6 V* a" c1 Y/ j- c0 W8 Z4 c4 `
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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.6 F: O* N; n1 z. {4 J6 H0 |. g
9 c( A1 h9 s$ g$ M1 }2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
) A8 q( b9 Z4 g* D3. Please close your phone.
+ W% \5 V" w; D; c/ h, 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.. u1 p+ T I |! n' B9 O2 v
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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
/ w! y0 ~* e, h3 K$ @) w+ nThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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+ f6 T: x: N! v# K; n, {; ]. x5. I am a Chinese.
) j0 E" @5 t7 R3 ZI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
: U3 B8 u) K! X$ [* s3 {6. He is a gay.
$ O8 c3 m' x! C% n4 _He is gay. ) o$ f9 c7 [6 N3 p* @1 R! R$ c. i
7 a3 E X5 d$ B( d1 ]7. Why? No why.
' n$ D* M, |8 m. O$ ?1 v; oNot no why, no reason.
( Q W9 R) O2 P. U: s) r/ U" m8. Thanks! No thanks!
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