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.
3 O  g* T* d" I# p, ~! R    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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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.

2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
$ I  U; Y- g( |6 R- F  a8 G1 e7 dThese 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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. q& x  C% P0 A9 b5 B+ e4. 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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5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
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$ o9 {* P: W+ P1 _' u) m) P6 yHe is gay.

7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
, K0 B. [! e9 b4 D& ]8. Thanks! No thanks!