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.

1. 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.

. @/ A' ?3 Y$ }( G0 `0 KThe 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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6 g* `7 B3 l* z* X' ?2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
5 S  S% W2 M+ K( m' y" U3. Please close your phone.
5 b' Y, O! ^4 v+ ?' }" CThese 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.


6 e6 H% S$ H3 G4. 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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+ P( O2 s0 o2 Q  S- z5. I am a Chinese.
) _1 o; b( @6 @  B; OI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
# K+ C3 q$ ]4 }" O1 y$ |6. He is a gay.
9 ]0 ?  P! X: H" qHe is gay.
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3 V  P! s, i# G( O7. Why? No why.
  \+ p3 U2 S+ @" s, W# v6 INot no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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