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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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! }/ t2 [2 }* p& |! [3 H1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
) B( d. n# K1 f3 j# H; z2 {    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.
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2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
! y  ~+ I0 [2 ~4 [7 w, ]! Q1 \3. Please close your phone.5 }( s% G. ~6 q( m/ Z+ B& a1 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.
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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?* }  e) R: Q4 h" K, [5 }1 p7 f
The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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1 I2 T4 K9 L9 l% G5. I am a Chinese.' s# F% M) E* C# X/ J# {
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese. ) F* ]0 d1 N6 z* C# A2 z+ i
6. He is a gay.
6 M' ^1 r& n( uHe is gay. 6 [7 t) Q, e4 d& N. p  E  O

3 g( }" s$ R3 B4 ^7. Why? No why. 7 t$ V2 O' X5 ?8 m
Not no why, no reason.
$ f3 P' n4 w( B9 e8. Thanks! No thanks!) z: i3 w* Z; k  ~0 C" k# S9 K
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