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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.: x/ R7 P# O6 X  W+ l

7 C: n4 k! @% d" s) |  N  ~1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
" S1 M) {& \- v    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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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.  e( Y. G" c# \8 p9 H

- ^8 k& ]# r; w, b2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
/ R) R2 f/ r8 r( a6 l0 F$ W$ v3. Please close your phone.
4 K0 n! w9 J9 yThese 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?8 g: H4 a: ~/ z$ Q7 H/ |6 b/ P
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.  E  y, M  N. M+ }6 [3 @: Y
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
: D9 `5 |- j1 X1 f  ~6. He is a gay.# y$ t  G, O) n5 D+ c8 H1 u1 m
He is gay. / o; t8 ]( K1 S/ S* R$ G* H

' H0 Q4 Q8 Q) x! f! T0 Q7. Why? No why.
$ n/ k4 T  W) F* [Not no why, no reason. 6 x+ S/ Z  z# g) |! i) u0 Z
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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