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.

1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
! E; F2 C; B! J    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.

9 n0 c* \, g1 |1 k! H6 y% X5 N: oThe 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 [; n! P) z% O2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
These 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.
& v4 d; u$ v$ D- o9 M6 d$ O7 fI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
7 i) L" q, a2 n+ y  V5 Y% aHe is gay.

7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
( D6 y) [8 c& G/ c. V, b8. Thanks! No thanks!
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