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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.
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1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.9 ?, d3 O9 d/ x6 H
    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.. X1 O& l( U; U- Z0 k( p; q
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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.( I% U# E; Y+ \( C; |" ?$ h1 B

3 L& X* K# K! k4 H2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.) b; Q+ m$ o' o, o5 O3 W
3. Please close your phone.
& @4 G& R0 D( e: j) c) oThese 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 ?8 p7 M8 Y; R+ z' Y0 |  B% q& S9 O% c4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?* H: G/ C1 ?. z
The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?0 m. U- ^5 c7 s9 l4 W; P; x
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5. I am a Chinese.+ P8 X  y$ f- }1 @& z
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese. ; ~9 l/ B9 Q; ?$ G' y3 Y4 e/ V
6. He is a gay.& _' {" m4 S6 A2 o6 j6 Z
He is gay. 8 P8 w: t7 S: f$ _7 v2 |2 M
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7. Why? No why.
3 O, p8 O7 c8 E6 ENot no why, no reason. # u- x8 n& w9 @; S. C% L' T+ Q
8. Thanks! No thanks!$ z6 Q* F, T- S+ o; H, j5 ~

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