Minor but significant mistakes you may have made in speaking English

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Some friends, especially those who are just learning English, often make the following mistakes.

5 P$ ?1 e" j1 Y2 ?& O! ~! i# L5 d6 ]1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
* b7 H7 P# U/ t4 |    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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/ [' \  j( \8 A* J+ d3 ]2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
( B. Z* t' u( B$ j, Z7 W) MThese 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  k3 X" {& |$ y) o$ d4. 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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8 p% ~7 d3 |' A/ {( U. k6 y5. I am a Chinese.
& u6 f% I' _/ W* _I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
4 \+ P  R" w# |' r- L6. He is a gay.
He is gay.

7. Why? No why.
+ w/ `# P3 a8 @" s4 x- @! F5 LNot no why, no reason.
7 @. s* X* \& B, k* i* K. ?8 z3 `9 ]* |8. Thanks! No thanks!
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