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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.
; p5 D$ |& p3 y, a* s3 L+ @ My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China., \! C" q* w6 h! H# x) F
/ u! {) F, R3 e* z. i- E% lThe 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 L; j$ O( W" M
r1 H* V ]0 m3 e& W D l2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain., N' S- A4 d1 g% t$ h
3. Please close your phone.
% s7 @3 z: v6 w$ p2 I, \ n2 t" M& @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.# M# N$ H, ]1 V) [
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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?/ _5 W6 S) d" _. @
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.
- {" a$ \/ }" ]. v9 j7 ?I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese. 5 B0 b5 K+ D+ J0 X
6. He is a gay.( M7 P3 k, T- ]- e9 j+ B
He is gay. 0 h# E' E# H* s* J7 c
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7. Why? No why. 1 E4 r/ J2 T0 s* J$ h5 ^( x' _
Not no why, no reason. $ [3 I) T! \" m$ c
8. Thanks! No thanks!+ ]) h" s# S& S" A" c) M
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