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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1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
* L0 ]3 `: m, V# l; \4 s' x# x    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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( N/ A: l" _9 E: F8 y2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
% e) Y  D. j' ]3. Please close your phone.
+ [0 Y0 O2 |9 }) X# O! ?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?

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I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
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7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
8 I9 E* f' v: y1 J" y/ M! b8. Thanks! No thanks!
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