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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.
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/ A$ D1 e' N. B; y3 Q  m: k' l1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
8 {& Z  D; a( A3 }( x! Q    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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" Q/ s- t( \6 _7 g7 X3 hThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.0 {. d4 `% v" ~. c5 L
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2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
" S/ I. ?. n, p4 V2 e  m7 Q- F3. Please close your phone.) G  c% s. z, m
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.$ F* ]2 B4 M5 _5 q5 C3 _
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) o$ Y- Q# v& q, G# Q4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?" d* S0 u4 m6 R) H$ \; x, @
The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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4 \$ X# [9 H* P  ]3 z/ P5. I am a Chinese.
1 v1 g) Z' m, N  `I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese. ( i; O- ^2 k, Y
6. He is a gay.
* i' k! e( a* V1 E+ K+ q% Y  NHe is gay. , {8 N0 ^$ q/ B9 w) j; P

7 B: }6 `1 h# n& g; z2 h5 ~/ s* C7. Why? No why. 2 O# m) ~& z5 n3 P& e! z/ L! P4 f
Not no why, no reason. ( Z7 G  \  j1 X8 b) s: t
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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