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Some friends, especially those who are just learning English, often make the following mistakes." ?5 f, W" u; d- K
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1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
- Y" l' b- W& Z( V My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.) y0 A6 j v; S
, I2 W1 D; U1 e, f- e/ K% l+ PThe 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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& H* U6 w+ f, L, n/ j2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.4 T9 H* y" J& f. @
3. Please close your phone.0 ~# [. N/ R$ P! ?: A
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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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?5 d# I# H7 F' f4 D
The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?3 d, [4 P/ d: R1 Z0 |
$ R) H9 `9 [/ X8 h, {9 e# _5. I am a Chinese.
# j5 G1 Q: k' N. W4 fI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
3 M& Y/ b) p( _0 |9 A# f6 W6. He is a gay.# f# Q5 s2 G; e+ u
He is gay.
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8 c7 N8 i- r- @( P7. Why? No why.
) p# j7 U9 b6 D3 jNot no why, no reason. 9 n P: T6 H/ Q- Z2 J/ O' v9 r
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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