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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, C) I+ m1 i$ V9 ?4 ]1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
0 Y% d1 ]* S( v$ `* ?* I/ A; }    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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3 v( K: W5 s4 E6 y) H, o; A" yThe 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.
0 b% ^  Y, M/ }% y+ s3. Please close your phone.
0 y4 g# w( L6 ]) s! 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.


7 W, j8 S/ c# ^- H4 H* L4 Q4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
+ {  d! y. D, w2 b  o+ `) Q- I3 ^The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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5. I am a Chinese.
8 s( e  m7 n. [  [0 v8 TI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
He is gay.

7. Why? No why.
1 n, v$ u' B" @" p5 FNot no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!