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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1. 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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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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& ]+ ^% F+ p0 w) h1 v' }2. 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?
6 u# @) u- I# m9 B# H% eThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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5. I am a Chinese.
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% B5 |2 [1 L9 H/ o" w8 i" J4 x. l6. He is a gay.
He is gay.

% T, o3 S" \( Z0 \; f7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
" b/ G9 Q3 m2 h$ Y+ Y8. Thanks! No thanks!
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