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.

* H" Q1 z0 E6 f' A% k8 K; }5 b1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
. h- a  \( n0 Z' S4 K    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
2 L9 ?2 B& K0 X  v
  U% s0 }  w! v% d. {8 pThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.

$ h, L  A# l0 A9 B2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
% }/ k3 V% p' y% X* k3. 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.
) @+ x$ @4 a4 ^+ ^; Q2 P

4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
8 E% P. m2 t) [The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?

5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
He is gay.

7. Why? No why.
3 z* {2 W4 {; @7 |) E0 r$ ?Not no why, no reason.
. V- T4 _# }6 W$ E( c8. Thanks! No thanks!
7 X; h" g( @, ~! J* N; g- @$ k
8 V$ u; v: V: I# e