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.

$ K. q& D5 p; _. C" |+ T# d( v1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
6 ^4 Z' \- x$ B' X( g) n/ U    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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1 M8 T5 Y, I. l. xThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.

$ h) b8 D8 _" {# F4 e$ m2. 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.


" }! B: b. L" J( o) y1 j4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
  B+ o, V  |) f- RThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
He is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
. Q4 _/ T3 j$ L& S' e) XNot no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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