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.

' d7 F+ k. o" k* K% ]8 Z1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
. r- N2 w! o6 f5 r! t4 R/ A# ^    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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2 `' S5 Z! y1 E2 w. r3 jThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.

: ]  _& `4 `2 a& B& f! ~" k2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
0 M/ t3 a1 O+ h6 q3. 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.
& X$ [% N, t6 a5 e6 B6 aI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
" o* {. J) z8 p- Z% H6. He is a gay.
# k- e8 e: {- V& CHe is gay.

/ q5 Z# m; ~0 |3 T+ C$ p- h7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
, N0 p+ Y2 I% u9 B$ n3 e' ]+ _8. Thanks! No thanks!