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Minor but significant mistakes you may have made in speaking English

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发表于 2017-9-20 18:12 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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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.
. x0 O! l7 [& W0 U* k1 r    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.- g, W  v2 f2 q, x- M

4 a1 F; ~0 x9 K& UThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.4 U5 ]6 B& k! ?
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2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.$ a7 `1 }( W# u$ L- n
3. Please close your phone.
* u& X! n# s& LThese 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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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
2 i: g0 v! A# n' k0 F4 w- u5 OThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?3 j8 ~1 ~" \2 ?
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5. I am a Chinese.
! B, c/ {  s/ _; eI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
* K6 Y8 K8 U# A, p* N6. He is a gay.
6 D' L7 d$ B; S! kHe is gay.
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4 L4 D0 Q: n) v; M' _- l2 `. s7. Why? No why. " ^  t- b/ Y# i1 u6 J% E6 j7 O
Not no why, no reason. 2 Y7 q4 `. R& r2 K7 \
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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