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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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1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.* o  a( |% N  m( u7 v; g: b
    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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2 ]- H7 Y' z  C" f! UThe 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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2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.  ]9 u, I* q0 W; V+ J
3. Please close your phone.
6 ]! p4 v, g, v' \, rThese 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.. J' Q! E# {/ x  O
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5 k; w5 Z5 t( r2 G5 @6 j; o( e  V4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?+ p$ |0 M/ F. s$ B3 O5 `" u/ O& I
The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?2 V) F( L3 ]) q: a' y' c
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5. I am a Chinese.
' V" y  q% R+ x$ mI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese. / \# y( x5 p7 M1 T
6. He is a gay.8 }; \" k! h: R) Z
He is gay. ) ]: u, _1 s4 \

) T  p, L0 m% C, p+ z$ d$ a7. Why? No why. & K  N' X2 H% Y+ D% k. ], S# O; F" }
Not no why, no reason.
$ Y6 `/ l2 b9 u1 N) `- e. M6 D* c8. Thanks! No thanks!
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