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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1. 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.
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5 n- R' S% d! P/ @7 @& nThe 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.
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/ F) ^# C+ u5 P) C6 @( U. a/ RThese 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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3 @7 e8 r% e( G/ f, U. m" X" T4. 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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I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
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He is gay.

7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
/ P6 Y& Q' S' V2 _0 E9 e8. Thanks! No thanks!
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