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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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1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.% ^0 z  d# y5 {% j* u: W
    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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# K5 E6 n9 v( \1 a+ H/ r2 mThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.
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2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.) v. \8 a+ X; @# H% j" Q# ?8 q
3. Please close your phone.
0 J* J! Y% s0 M, d$ u9 J* w& b4 CThese 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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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
4 }1 t- L- g7 [The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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5. I am a Chinese.! C) U8 S. Y/ @6 k+ m
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
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He is gay. ) y* x2 z' V1 Z0 ^# M, y

& c, L" M* B6 A  }7. Why? No why.
" r2 d9 |/ _/ B/ eNot no why, no reason. / N' P9 N, Q' g$ b
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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