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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1. 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.

; T  `: [3 P+ c0 {, l2 [% rThe 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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" \$ u% I6 G" H  Y4. 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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5. I am a Chinese.
1 f# J" l+ e) k2 t# U5 ]I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
1 P  V# u" P* c0 @; F6. He is a gay.
He is gay.

7. Why? No why.
2 d, n/ Y. S! ^' JNot no why, no reason.
7 n  p$ L" v9 g4 L: f3 p4 X$ P8. Thanks! No thanks!

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