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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.
2 N; y; C* {8 }! K5 V2 p$ } My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.1 @ D$ |0 [5 c: l1 k* l1 F
6 m5 ^4 S2 c% u! I9 |$ U& CThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.+ u- S9 J6 ?$ j( R& ^4 y6 ]
) f% c' _: p' Y J: |& }4 D2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
6 ]7 z, o! G2 t4 ]3. Please close your phone.
! X4 b6 j6 G% L3 @: T6 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.8 z8 j# v7 _1 _% Z" @7 B
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7 N, R- K# s/ H0 w& L8 E8 s4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?: w& a: }; w7 A8 z: O
The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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7 [, g2 w9 U E G4 z# n0 s5. I am a Chinese.5 I8 {9 n" [( ]& S, p) }5 m
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
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He is gay.
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7. Why? No why. 7 x1 W' Q( D4 K" B7 s) c/ r
Not no why, no reason.
/ Y5 n |5 \6 G3 I9 m2 F; f0 V7 k2 A3 \, p8. Thanks! No thanks!
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