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.

  U) K) F  K. v1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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' i) t  Z0 s2 `5 h9 RThe 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 f- S7 s) Z3 m6 ^3. Please close your phone.
" o+ m4 \0 ^! N% _9 LThese 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% v+ d6 Q, {. O2 }, W4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
+ J6 v8 ^' D' ~0 m, k) b# dThe 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.
' Z" O7 Q# ~# G( g# a3 S  u# M- h6. He is a gay.
7 G# _& j4 ^7 b0 _$ i$ eHe is gay.

. h, r6 _" V# G0 _7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
* y" b8 {9 y1 B. P7 X8. Thanks! No thanks!

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