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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$ y. e+ K1 L3 O1. 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.

; G% E& J% P! E% A* t% C/ c- [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.
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2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
3. Please close your phone.
# Z* `; c1 `# r1 E" d( Q. ^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.


4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
. B7 e( i1 C# ?+ I( f/ l$ }( iThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?

5. I am a Chinese.
6 z6 ^% g  g. i" r2 t6 kI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
3 |* N5 J/ D! i# z2 G) V+ K7 |6. He is a gay.
& t3 @: h0 I" P/ UHe is gay.
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8 g1 c  J$ g8 [2 }7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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