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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; d3 i; [' v3 ]1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
; l5 q' ]8 B0 v8 G* f+ X: b# \, F2 g    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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7 t) s/ `, n1 H& c; U  o$ g( yThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.

' w, K6 G4 s% Q+ l5 z( ^& N! X2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
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.


4. 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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5. I am a Chinese.
) @( ?. |$ u; U" g1 ^8 V% ~" MI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
He is gay.
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5 B6 Z# ?" [' w0 d6 e7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
) j! e, j7 ]- b8. Thanks! No thanks!

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