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.

1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
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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.

# \* K1 Y6 o% P- ~. s' ^6 H2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
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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3 @+ e( a4 E* S$ Z7 D4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
/ D& I: }" @" v7 ]" M  QThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?

" M1 o+ _; Z4 ^5 l1 M2 ]5. I am a Chinese.
3 }# S) }5 F( {9 eI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
1 X3 \! A( T; t% W* N# u" o( p6. He is a gay.
He is gay.

: V8 [& v, z7 [7 K3 @7. Why? No why.
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# g# z0 w6 w1 k9 N8. Thanks! No thanks!
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