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.

1 u. b8 z, Z* Z5 J& n7 M2 ?7 ~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.
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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.

2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
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.


4. 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?

, T9 s* d0 q. L, @& R9 F1 x* Q5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
8 s; y8 U  f8 @7 W6. He is a gay.
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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