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.

7 O% K3 @, Q# v6 y1. 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.

3 o9 g3 m$ g0 I2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
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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; c0 W. J0 M  o4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
) ]2 {7 o2 ~7 k! x8 v" aThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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" H3 n3 n3 R; ]  ?- w$ G1 s& R5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
1 s2 H3 u4 g( h% `- @# g9 k- J6. He is a gay.
He is gay.

7. Why? No why.
9 w0 X+ V( b1 ^Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!

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