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.
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- F* Y3 I; O! ?/ rThe 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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6 D+ q1 ?6 j+ \2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
- c$ [' K3 d5 y' w' Q6 s. n) C3. Please close your phone.
! j/ _: ?0 p7 zThese 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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8 y9 @# |6 O* d" p1 Z( b4. 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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/ k7 y  @# r' \& t& W' ^5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
$ @. F. K. m# U, V$ W6. He is a gay.
) \8 z& a% |, w; l: gHe is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
' e+ D# s/ c& k# sNot no why, no reason.
+ Z+ A3 U- I$ k; f1 \8. Thanks! No thanks!

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