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 `5 I1 @9 @( H* m% f  n+ @4 `1. My husband has a good job. She makes over 100,000 dollars a year.
# |( y' y3 Q. O  k6 u3 o) u3 m    My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.

( n+ }. F& i( w: EThe 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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& r3 o6 |8 W$ T2. 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.
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4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?
The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?
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5. I am a Chinese.
3 C* G: G, `0 N" `5 y8 i* v* h' ~I am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
, [4 _/ c8 M. M# R2 m6. He is a gay.
He is gay.
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: O4 c6 V( Z3 f% d! p7 R4 ~& \7. Why? No why.
% t0 [+ \/ O1 P: W" @# xNot no why, no reason.
8. Thanks! No thanks!
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