Minor but significant mistakes you may have made in speaking English

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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.
/ v) h3 Q2 P5 ^( b* J; K8 `# v* Z    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.

8 f; z" _1 Q( m7 Z7 l/ V0 YThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.

: k, V. n( g: Q6 X2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
- u8 J3 ~  p3 q2 {6 L3. Please close your phone.
( e8 j8 u* ]( C- ^/ |7 N4 ?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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! J: Y# {, g8 s2 B( ^  S4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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0 T7 ~; g. t& i5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
7 e' F* |# A% [. L! D0 n  o6. He is a gay.
He is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
; m& Q8 h( c% [  l/ a: q' \Not no why, no reason.
6 `0 @& ?" a4 S3 g8. Thanks! No thanks!
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