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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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  Q+ Q( v. D3 q  P1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.& y$ ^( Y, `4 ~4 ?
    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China./ y5 E8 T+ G$ U( ~: R8 b) W4 ?

/ i+ _% d* R+ l+ K& H- 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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4 y6 C) E( b; V; t' F+ F2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
& z: @2 r6 j& M0 ~8 G! a3. Please close your phone.
& w* i7 ?: P& EThese 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./ c, j: ]$ s. |$ U( K; o
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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
  a  l& Q- A6 g& F) |The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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8 m. x. i9 t3 l0 I1 ?2 k5. I am a Chinese.- y/ T8 C- C2 y1 C
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
2 K/ T, I$ X+ A/ Z# x5 v0 \- ?4 a6. He is a gay.
! B1 k. Q' [5 S+ _& S& lHe is gay. / e, o! i( ~' D4 D2 a, o

! I4 t& O6 ]- k) R1 f7. Why? No why.
: B! B. q0 j1 G9 R  mNot no why, no reason.
9 T3 R- J; X# ]* l, u, M7 ?9 t# T8. Thanks! No thanks!
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