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.

$ k2 K  E% j/ ~8 K+ e/ T1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
9 U4 g7 U( E) H    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.

( K# {" e* l- K1 v1 W, ]; ]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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2. 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.

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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?

5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
: p$ y; t% V7 {# ~8 ^# kHe is gay.

7. Why? No why.
$ k; a! F6 y1 K4 Q  u  r5 S* \Not no why, no reason.
0 K' F1 K. k. ~' N8. Thanks! No thanks!