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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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# d3 A) @, S; Y7 h& {1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
. i) w0 n8 r3 m% ~; z' ?% I$ \    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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& E1 W& a8 O4 K2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.5 N$ J3 _- g  X: K
3. Please close your phone.
+ C" i& y6 S6 A% k9 C* l- z6 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." o3 y( B* z0 b" K3 T# y/ j
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# I7 |5 v! D* A+ m4 T9 Q4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?  A* v0 V+ u$ y, `+ G  J
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.
/ `: b: J1 B) t% Q, i/ h1 h: j! R% QI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
0 Z, Z% t. ^$ k5 P8 b6. He is a gay.9 ^4 N$ J' L; {" _
He is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
  ]9 D$ _! \, p' Q7 \" B% x9 B! `Not no why, no reason.
; G$ m2 R. b0 M6 t' S* B8. Thanks! No thanks!
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