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.

% L" U8 b* g5 Z. Y  \3 l* U1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
3 K5 {& B$ v, b) W( M! A8 F. y. t+ U' n    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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0 x4 T  M# q( x) A0 G  f9 d5 l) }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.

& t: u! V  s0 R% {, I, I2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
( n/ {1 P- p6 m  n' \) P8 v1 W3. Please close your phone.
+ X" I2 Q3 o, A7 _6 ~6 C7 ?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.


6 t6 F4 ~& L% c7 Q5 B3 P4. 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?

: h% b: Q4 G" b3 y. U% F+ c5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
He is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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