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Some friends, especially those who are just learning English, often make the following mistakes.: U5 u) e8 i! z
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1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
0 X& R8 S [1 C4 n& S9 D% t( ?% M My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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0 r$ T: z7 n! T: m3 g0 Z yThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.# W# z! a, a; C4 T( i2 d
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2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
% ?9 y) C% Q4 R* w3. Please close your phone.
- Y( p8 v' l/ [: @ t3 M# h" XThese 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.8 l: U9 W8 _) c, U ^% D
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* x( l' _# n( P3 ~4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
1 F& r4 s5 g6 y0 Y1 {; l' D0 tThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?4 a& e( E6 y) E1 x, M, a
$ {/ i% z& P* Q" y0 W5. I am a Chinese.' I4 W6 j( @, {0 Y# T. e6 @9 n
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
# c5 g6 Z# t: X4 F6. He is a gay.
0 X" i! z. O, m. f) K; ZHe is gay.
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7. Why? No why. . x0 I2 b7 G9 p
Not no why, no reason. 2 j3 |% I* \0 q; W! W
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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