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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; @$ }$ d# \. v2 U1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
% t2 X  d% i5 y    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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/ i# ~9 y/ B( 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.

6 O8 f" ]! r* V! d2. 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?
: }+ y. [% U: D* b) }* tThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?

  T7 o& V* e8 h! B( x) M# _5. I am a Chinese.
  G( S* Q5 L& F. hI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
He is gay.

  E  X' a* g2 G0 l2 }7. Why? No why.
" |& E4 U  }: d, JNot no why, no reason.
! M  ]0 }+ P( a8. Thanks! No thanks!
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