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.

3 Q5 \+ f! z. ^- Q% L1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
3 J8 ]' W1 \1 `    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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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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/ ^3 g7 G* s7 X2 J% G1 O8 G4. 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?

' G: o( n, O4 j* I- P5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
# m4 c: v2 H* m& Z& Q* L6 O* O6. He is a gay.
He is gay.
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0 I+ z2 z8 g  G9 k* D7. Why? No why.
Not no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!