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Some friends, especially those who are just learning English, often make the following mistakes.& Z" T9 D( d# R: K2 ]
9 I4 Z# y7 u; R s1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
2 W6 X% m# q- D5 W; e" }: M My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China." {. k* k7 f( h
: T9 T9 B; t6 @: W1 P5 HThe 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.- O, s5 }. X p6 y1 a- X
3. Please close your phone.
+ H& b3 c( f# I% d$ Z2 qThese 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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- B3 a: I; J2 @! n+ X0 r4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
* `1 l m) [5 zThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?% }, D) b! R0 ?2 C2 U/ s
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5. I am a Chinese." a3 }% H* B# m
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
1 `$ C( y7 U$ c9 E+ j6. He is a gay.. H: [) N, ~2 a# D
He is gay.
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* H9 W) ~- w- s, g3 D( b7. Why? No why.
1 I+ L# q& c3 [+ w: SNot no why, no reason.
7 S1 }. D5 W/ D) m2 J8. Thanks! No thanks!
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