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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.4 V* y9 m/ y. l; X3 H" Y9 S  O

0 \- Z9 U3 D( G% @0 C1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year./ l' O$ v% X( i: ^
    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.; y: I* t- f: T5 L

* S$ t2 I* |5 X' G, x( u+ FThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.$ N- `$ e3 g! \1 J

/ \" S9 u% k. G% }& u2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
- P  O: n, |9 [- w3. Please close your phone.; S8 \7 f0 O2 n+ n
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.) ?9 P7 T) j" A3 h# f
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" v* [% }, |. j' l5 C" F4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?9 }2 ~) ?! x3 ]4 {+ g
The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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& W: R" Q! F) l6 }: Q4 K, o8 u  l5. I am a Chinese.
$ f) k! ?/ p! }& v+ ?I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
+ W- `1 v, ~  m; a6. He is a gay.. x/ ]# t- h2 ^6 ?" x- k
He is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
. m/ A9 j0 r7 l* L5 C) JNot no why, no reason.
9 z' Z4 q  y, D/ p$ [" G# j1 f' I8 L8. Thanks! No thanks!+ s( V: z+ J7 f2 l( M, }( Q
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