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.
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0 @/ F, {! d4 k! F8 c6 O; Q0 }9 r1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
8 h" B8 v  n9 Q5 t" `  T. `& N: u    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.
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2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
. D4 l% j  [+ T8 M3. 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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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?
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( ~0 b$ P# [1 B/ g& S* R8 d. ^5 v5. I am a Chinese.
$ T3 Q: j1 e) w* K% j$ ^/ i9 |9 UI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
* z* ~# Y4 y, r; M! JHe is gay.

7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
$ J* p  a) `! }6 c8 H7 w8. Thanks! No thanks!