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.
$ X3 n; p& F5 Q( O5 O4 I! [    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.

# F) B: k4 x0 X6 EThe 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.
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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- I  X$ h$ h: A' S! p4. 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.
6. He is a gay.
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  z, `9 B8 P; i! c$ |" i2 K8 A9 ]0 [7. Why? No why.
  P  n& S3 s. y- cNot no why, no reason.
, ]$ m5 s4 M1 Z& ^1 x* X% I8. Thanks! No thanks!