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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2 P3 e0 W4 ^9 G0 ?, D% x& ?% }4 ^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.

! k/ ~" Y! j1 s4 _' rThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.

: B5 s+ P) A$ C1 d, |2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
* E5 ?& f9 B2 x! D1 F7 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.
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# o; v  t9 Y6 T9 h7 X1 w6 M% _# V; o4. 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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5. I am a Chinese.
3 u9 D, t- `  `& M* Q1 _I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
* }: a* n/ l$ c: m+ p4 n; s8 [He is gay.

7. Why? No why.
4 G) s& o$ w. G4 N! ENot no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!