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.

1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
* b) r9 r. j: j" o) d) ^3 s    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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3 ^+ e, L& N* K& b" g4 D, F2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
* v4 {/ b$ r' @# M2 V' _, j, `3. 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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" P, s6 q: i4 P7 Q4. 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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, p% ~2 U2 w4 m- {+ D5 f5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
. }. b7 S+ v! C6. He is a gay.
" K4 W* D, J  n8 g/ V! sHe is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
! ]" \& J8 G0 c8. Thanks! No thanks!