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.
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2 [% t: W) l8 g- @; M7 o" G1. 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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( o3 `2 J) Z4 Y$ ^' U' hThe 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.
. {& k3 o1 D  v. B* U0 zThese 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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: z1 b$ u8 a7 q$ r4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
; g% v. F8 M" h, G  |( c* lThe 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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- g. ~6 A0 f0 ^/ z% e- s- i7. Why? No why.
! V+ c$ _( d9 \Not no why, no reason.
$ J* [  @1 O7 g$ c; k" t8 A% r8. Thanks! No thanks!