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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/ l, ?" T* y/ {$ Q) E: e( z1. 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.
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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.

1 S3 F. q+ x$ K2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
2 A0 ]( \  C7 F8 v# P! P6 D3. Please close your phone.
- e# q* |! G# |' |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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% C- f2 s5 [; i7 X3 ~$ C# }- e4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
# z5 A! G! @' T+ E+ X) k0 iThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?

; }/ B0 Z, `* h, v1 n5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
3 h* ^) O; u' t/ P3 f6 R$ |6. He is a gay.
# E) O1 C# ^& f* D, B/ n* IHe is gay.
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2 [& I6 }( E8 s' u, L7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!