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.

$ G/ j# D) D8 T$ n1. 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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  J% ~+ F5 ~3 D" A7 B. ]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.

) `4 J5 ]& D7 q2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
( y( [' k) C" r" {6 p/ Z3. Please close your phone.
7 [/ B! v; ^4 lThese 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?
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.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6 m2 ^% S. }* M9 X- q8 n6. He is a gay.
He is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
9 T; D" Z( [5 HNot no why, no reason.
9 @$ k" M. t' m7 f! B1 n6 L- n, |8. Thanks! No thanks!
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