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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/ ?, u# ^+ m- u; @# R; l2 C# @- W1. 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.

# e8 ~2 z# L9 \+ m8 [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.
8 g2 c/ K) X3 X6 K+ n: ^3. Please close your phone.
2 o( C8 z' W$ s6 u: UThese 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.


4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
9 j0 G) k8 @9 D  r! \3 ^0 E( r+ kThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
4 C+ l( o$ ]4 A  g8 U6. He is a gay.
He is gay.
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3 }0 Q1 j, R- ^5 G1 m* B7. Why? No why.
& {* O; a5 y. I$ V' o+ O, M% jNot no why, no reason.
7 Q( e4 E& B$ U, J6 x8 X! N2 ]# b8. Thanks! No thanks!