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.
    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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# a9 _7 v+ P2 Y5 p( d7 S5 y' |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.

2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
  w! V' ^' G  h. N0 M3. 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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' {* I9 c6 p+ j/ t! x4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
, |4 }- }! x6 u6 @$ A+ xThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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5. I am a Chinese.
0 i, O' @. h/ F  z) B( dI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
/ {* B% K6 R# E: d; ]6. He is a gay.
He is gay.

* D) a$ G! H% G: h; |" s6 m2 G% @7. Why? No why.
1 q! i2 b( z9 M, GNot no why, no reason.
4 w( |5 P; E) B" v8. Thanks! No thanks!
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