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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- ^0 [8 |% ]! Q+ U: {2 B9 S1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
3 F/ y2 h, ?% n7 N4 B    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.
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6 ~2 @2 U* H; U( ]1 H2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
8 x5 H9 F, u5 V+ jThese 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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  J/ i9 |3 b- f  P! Z4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
4 @3 @9 z6 ]3 B  m5 UThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?

$ t8 m, p% e4 z& G5. I am a Chinese.
' T3 i4 j5 w$ q! E, E% CI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
He is gay.

7. Why? No why.
# c0 n( N0 `& h* \Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!

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