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.
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1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.

, J6 B, p) y5 X; U4 E4 [. s$ mThe 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.
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1 {: B0 ^' P5 Y. NThese 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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6 w. T0 j- ^1 y0 v, j4. 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?

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I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
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$ A$ F$ P3 x# x& w- Q# ?7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
; Z! s) a& K/ Z. s% E& h8. Thanks! No thanks!
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