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Minor but significant mistakes you may have made in speaking English

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发表于 2017-9-20 18:12 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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Some friends, especially those who are just learning English, often make the following mistakes.0 s- Y% D3 C9 c3 \. x

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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.$ S. Q2 \% o0 `
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2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain., P0 ]# E0 Q9 P& e7 d
3. Please close your phone.
/ l1 u1 S4 I- D( oThese 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.$ N' {- }" L" @
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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?- t2 ~1 D; K% N5 J  y
The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?; A0 d* _, B2 z, O  B

, T9 s* d0 q. L, @& R9 F1 x* Q5. I am a Chinese./ n* {8 T7 P! r; L
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
8 s; y8 U  f8 @7 W6. He is a gay.. @# b8 Z% b) g) @+ H. V7 ~& s
He is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
/ J7 F1 R" T0 Q0 I# z: y, x0 fNot no why, no reason.
- ~9 C3 F6 \7 E$ n8. Thanks! No thanks!
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