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.
: x4 o! Y  k. K1 M- |6 Q+ K+ `. a    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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& \- f, z& a5 B+ qThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.

& f2 C$ C2 ~- n& S: d1 N2 i/ k' w) G2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
, [1 z: X3 s0 W3 l9 e3 ?6 s( I3 {  W3. 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?
4 V# s. y0 }: j: n4 cThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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5. I am a Chinese.
6 g+ X9 d! e4 h3 ^1 j; pI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
6. He is a gay.
He is gay.
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7. Why? No why.
1 a' h; C, @8 Q" \* K/ r7 ]7 UNot no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!