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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.; t$ C7 Z7 {8 B/ V f4 Y7 ^' h/ P
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.$ V7 Q' e, e! F7 i
; D1 J- A+ l" }2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
! @5 \. Z, J1 q3. Please close your phone.
j- @/ r* m" ~ V3 b3 Z1 l) R9 GThese 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.; h) H9 ?# ^7 l5 i9 T7 O$ a9 |
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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
T! U* x5 F, w8 OThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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- N1 A4 B; L% [+ O( s5. I am a Chinese.
. P# e( e# G" F( ]4 lI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
4 a: \6 W& r9 l9 B; \# t6. He is a gay.
5 A; t$ G0 Y7 F5 `He is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
; ?5 t1 v; ^# }9 a% }- K- @Not no why, no reason.
% E- l4 c# {: V5 }+ Q8. Thanks! No thanks!
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