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Minor but significant mistakes you may have made in speaking English

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发表于 2017-9-20 18:12 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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Some friends, especially those who are just learning English, often make the following mistakes.8 t0 S; v6 {% e

; A1 }* K- p1 L6 z8 e1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
' H. m$ L$ S  E& e: W    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China., ^+ v+ H/ }- H0 E) ^( e

& j: e* w/ T3 f. O3 o# gThe reason to make this mistake is not due to grammar knowledge. One reason might be she and he have the same pronunciation in Chinese.0 m, ?$ u% [1 N) `; V0 S
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2. I do not like big rain, I like small rain.
: A4 M+ {2 c; x' h$ o3. Please close your phone.2 _! c0 ^$ M: _! O3 g7 O: r
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.2 g1 u' x" Z4 e% D' {& P

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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?6 K1 F5 N5 o/ ~: P7 f1 Q
The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?/ L; a  f" |6 y
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5. I am a Chinese.) Y% P! X" P( H
I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
, E; I- B& G& z! H' ]( J4 \/ }" b+ W6. He is a gay.8 V7 O+ s- P5 _% [  I; B( Q8 L
He is gay. , c0 w7 Y4 A; p# u) w

' L' k  O. f, \/ _" e4 T. e7. Why? No why.
8 D6 ]6 I& m( U: K. e: d, iNot no why, no reason.
4 O9 k: a2 u$ O. G  |8. Thanks! No thanks!/ @3 T# V: L& C0 ~. N
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