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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  R$ @' E# o3 R; u1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
# E0 b( r8 h& I: z; W    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.

$ M8 Z8 o0 `  g, i/ F1 iThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.

2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
/ `; P* x" N" }& |+ VThese 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?
9 S- r" z1 B( A( @( u2 e$ ?The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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3 I9 ?1 t: \  c7 d0 B5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
7 E, v3 G- \# B* `/ J# f2 XHe is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
7 d, j6 K" W" n2 iNot no why, no reason.
7 p! ^7 g' u- {3 W8. Thanks! No thanks!