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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.) ]( X8 k/ T6 H2 x
My girlfriend did not live with me, because he is still in China.( S% B/ N0 N4 l& J! w
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The 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.
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! p9 M P2 q0 K+ l8 Z0 v( C5 ]8 hThese 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.- C0 ^# w" m: H" E& |9 l7 K, q
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. y4 C G& L3 v* q# g ^9 \4. How to say: heavy rain, light rain, and turn off your phone in English?% ?8 Z9 F' x9 n1 l* N
The correct way to ask the question is like this: how do you say... in English?! [# I: Z( C6 H: Y [
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5. I am a Chinese.
6 [! B+ t6 Y5 A2 j6 v) lI am a Chinese person, or I am Chinese.
_! J1 G8 x; q1 y \6. He is a gay.
t& s7 x4 k0 X# ]3 CHe is gay. 0 a) z6 B* \# |. I; X2 P
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7. Why? No why.
( E4 W# a" J$ A1 `% a1 CNot no why, no reason. $ M: l3 S R' ?& X
8. Thanks! No thanks!' u8 d1 @9 x* D m( \+ o/ S
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