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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    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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The reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.

% N" e7 q2 ?# ?2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
! j1 L2 W/ D3 w3 X# _, A* ~1 T: ^; O3. 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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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
5 M4 ?. O8 O# x/ J: UThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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# N  w8 J. n( G* Z: w5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6 ^9 |4 N0 c# A+ p* i3 c6. He is a gay.
He is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
6 L. ?6 T) T( y9 W; F- M0 _8. Thanks! No thanks!
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