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* B0 u% W0 E% b1. 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.

2 `0 T8 n4 ^' \; 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.
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: q& T1 N- y, b: p1 Q) `# ?2 p# C6 |7 y2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
) v/ i' k1 K2 l& lThese 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?
7 m( d$ F9 |5 g/ l" r& T2 ]5 E- tThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?

5. I am a Chinese.
% w- E2 J# n# M7 OI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
He is gay.

7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
7 n& i( J/ \6 t' N' F8. Thanks! No thanks!
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