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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- u( |7 K9 i& P5 N$ `5 P4 B1. 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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5 Z1 c4 r# G" n! P2. 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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The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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: |9 b% [9 H9 q  |5. I am a Chinese.
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
9 k1 ]. u; ]8 i. p0 B6. He is a gay.
He is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
9 @. X9 J% R/ n$ L) L0 u" h. LNot no why, no reason.
/ i6 }" x7 U( `8. Thanks! No thanks!
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