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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  G- F0 f. e  S7 d6 |: E; i1. 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.

) a8 ^! O$ t- x7 |) n# RThe 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.
# B4 i9 O8 J9 k3. Please close your phone.
3 H7 _' X3 G4 i* zThese 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?
The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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; ]: X4 p% ]3 \. m8 w, f5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
' A, {  X! N3 a/ A" ^He is gay.
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- I8 D! I& u( t4 D! b8 t# a+ Y( f1 i7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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