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.

5 Q* q7 q6 R5 K% L1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
- B& h# j$ a7 X6 I$ `; r    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.

2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
3 i5 w: X+ C- h2 q: b  FThese 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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5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
He is gay.

9 o8 v/ t8 M( S, T2 x4 p# |3 |7. Why? No why.
' X  y2 ^8 e  QNot no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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