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Some friends, especially those who are just learning English, often make the following mistakes.; k f. @3 i9 g8 { e
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1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year./ P( Y4 B, e! d0 u1 V3 u8 W1 I+ b
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./ \+ A! G- V5 M4 m
3. Please close your phone.! v4 Y' H2 B$ o* ]4 ^3 V2 O( k1 H
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?
. m3 ` B8 |2 `. aThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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5. I am a Chinese. {9 p+ i9 V' f" n8 n
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese. 4 c8 q; U: {# y5 h# O5 Z
6. He is a gay.. B S( B6 I7 x) c9 y4 H) I* ]
He is gay. , u2 C2 D, s" ~
O. [# K3 T. b7 v e6 v A' X7. Why? No why. - h4 ^- K F+ p" V3 y
Not no why, no reason.
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