Minor but significant mistakes you may have made in speaking English

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Some friends, especially those who are just learning English, often make the following mistakes.

3 R$ `3 @/ @. I2 D1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
0 B  j0 j0 b2 _9 }; K5 x    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.
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) ^5 r% B6 [$ K2 U" ?) @) p* 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.

! A4 Z4 R! |  ]# U+ b2. 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.


4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
8 u) H! z/ p/ F6 b) l. u0 N* hThe correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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0 V0 ?& H* D- W2 y$ Q( O5. I am a Chinese.
9 _- Y! Q: e6 S# B5 n! rI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
: w# P7 q1 h* L6 \* l8 E6. He is a gay.
He is gay.
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) K: o$ s+ R" K* n7. Why? No why.
' D1 c0 R! ~2 lNot no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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