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Minor but significant mistakes you may have made in speaking English

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发表于 2017-9-20 18:12 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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Some friends, especially those who are just learning English, often make the following mistakes.
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( U$ J: w. m! I; X% p1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.7 m' j* r1 o3 o6 J
    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.3 o  [, v- |0 e: b: K

& B4 h3 r1 x8 ~5 C6 ?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.
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$ v& k3 ]) M) |  r: V7 A/ y2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
  e$ [5 J# c) k+ A% K3 e$ s5 [3. Please close your phone.
1 D3 i8 ~! h. _  A+ x+ l! P: KThese 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?
& u* {9 _1 \- D$ {0 NThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?# H6 _$ \7 k& _3 c: L! [

* h8 [/ R( _4 s4 {0 v5. I am a Chinese.1 i- n6 i* L; @+ v4 e3 Q* v
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.   C0 m1 U3 J/ t
6. He is a gay.) O7 g" Z7 m# X0 C3 S' Z0 G& K' W
He is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
3 H& R8 j, s* ~6 o: E+ t% |8 aNot no why, no reason. 5 U0 F/ o1 Z4 J( @- p/ Y
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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